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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Qatar	Estonia	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	627	1,378	138
Dec 31, 2000	659	1,400	141
Dec 31, 2001	691	1,391	144
Dec 31, 2002	724	1,382	147
Dec 31, 2003	757	1,374	151
Dec 31, 2004	850	1,365	154
Dec 31, 2005	1,001	1,357	158
Dec 31, 2006	1,153	1,349	161
Dec 31, 2007	1,306	1,341	165
Dec 31, 2008	1,460	1,337	168
Dec 31, 2009	1,615	1,334	172
Dec 31, 2010	1,770	1,332	176
Dec 31, 2011	1,904	1,328	180
Dec 31, 2012	2,010	1,324	183
Dec 31, 2013	2,103	1,319	187
Dec 31, 2014	2,187	1,314	190
Dec 31, 2015	2,261	1,312	194
Dec 31, 2016	2,326	1,314	198
Dec 31, 2017	2,384	1,314	201
Dec 31, 2018	2,435	1,318	204
Dec 31, 2019	2,480	1,323	208
Dec 31, 2020	2,519	1,327	212
Dec 31, 2021	2,553	1,329	216
Dec 31, 2022	2,559	1,330	220

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

No separate list is published for Qatar, Estonia, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.