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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	São Tomé & Príncipe	Albania	Chile
Dec 31, 1999	138	3,085	15,140
Dec 31, 2000	141	3,065	15,340
Dec 31, 2001	144	3,047	15,513
Dec 31, 2002	147	3,038	15,686
Dec 31, 2003	151	3,026	15,859
Dec 31, 2004	154	3,014	16,029
Dec 31, 2005	158	2,998	16,222
Dec 31, 2006	161	2,979	16,364
Dec 31, 2007	165	2,957	16,536
Dec 31, 2008	168	2,934	16,700
Dec 31, 2009	172	2,915	16,864
Dec 31, 2010	176	2,900	16,999
Dec 31, 2011	180	2,892	17,189
Dec 31, 2012	183	2,888	17,378
Dec 31, 2013	187	2,882	17,545
Dec 31, 2014	190	2,876	17,720
Dec 31, 2015	194	2,868	17,904
Dec 31, 2016	198	2,863	18,099
Dec 31, 2017	201	2,861	18,350
Dec 31, 2018	204	2,854	18,681
Dec 31, 2019	208	2,842	19,035
Dec 31, 2020	212	2,825	19,385
Dec 31, 2021	216	2,799	19,604
Dec 31, 2022	220	2,787	19,715

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

Chile

1810–2004: Díaz, J.B. Lüders, R. and Wagner, G. (2007) Economia Chilena 1810 - 2000, Producto total y sectorial una nueva mirada, Pontificia universidad Catolica de Chile, Insituto de Economia, Documeno de Trabajo no. 315

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