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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	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	627	138
Dec 31, 2000	659	141
Dec 31, 2001	691	144
Dec 31, 2002	724	147
Dec 31, 2003	757	151
Dec 31, 2004	850	154
Dec 31, 2005	1,001	158
Dec 31, 2006	1,153	161
Dec 31, 2007	1,306	165
Dec 31, 2008	1,460	168
Dec 31, 2009	1,615	172
Dec 31, 2010	1,770	176
Dec 31, 2011	1,904	180
Dec 31, 2012	2,010	183
Dec 31, 2013	2,103	187
Dec 31, 2014	2,187	190
Dec 31, 2015	2,261	194
Dec 31, 2016	2,326	198
Dec 31, 2017	2,384	201
Dec 31, 2018	2,435	204
Dec 31, 2019	2,480	208
Dec 31, 2020	2,519	212
Dec 31, 2021	2,553	216
Dec 31, 2022	2,559	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, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.