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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Portugal	Sudan	Palestinian Territories
Dec 31, 1999	10,144	26,168	2,996
Dec 31, 2000	10,215	26,771	3,075
Dec 31, 2001	10,288	27,387	3,155
Dec 31, 2002	10,344	28,017	3,235
Dec 31, 2003	10,383	28,662	3,315
Dec 31, 2004	10,408	29,321	3,396
Dec 31, 2005	10,427	29,996	3,478
Dec 31, 2006	10,446	30,686	3,559
Dec 31, 2007	10,467	31,393	3,642
Dec 31, 2008	10,482	32,137	3,727
Dec 31, 2009	10,492	33,078	3,817
Dec 31, 2010	10,497	33,891	3,907
Dec 31, 2011	10,481	34,568	3,997
Dec 31, 2012	10,439	35,293	4,088
Dec 31, 2013	10,382	36,093	4,178
Dec 31, 2014	10,326	37,058	4,269
Dec 31, 2015	10,283	38,165	4,359
Dec 31, 2016	10,251	39,294	4,451
Dec 31, 2017	10,226	40,512	4,533
Dec 31, 2018	10,209	41,764	4,615
Dec 31, 2019	10,212	42,952	4,715
Dec 31, 2020	10,223	44,121	4,820
Dec 31, 2021	10,214	45,290	4,930
Dec 31, 2022	10,200	46,498	5,042

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

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Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

Portugal

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1530–1850: Palma, N., & Reis, J. (2019). From Convergence to Divergence: Portuguese Economic Growth, 1527–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 79(2), 477-506. doi:10.1017/S0022050719000056
1850-1913: Pedro Lains, "How Far Can We Go? Measuring Portuguese Economic Growth (1850-1913)"
1938-1950: R. Janes Cartado and N.E. Sequeira da Rosa, Series Longas as Contas Nacionais Portuguesas 1958-1985, Banco de Portugal, Lisbon,

No separate list is published for Sudan, Palestinian Territories; the database as a whole is cited above.