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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	Denmark
Dec 31, 1999	138	3,085	5,322
Dec 31, 2000	141	3,065	5,339
Dec 31, 2001	144	3,047	5,358
Dec 31, 2002	147	3,038	5,377
Dec 31, 2003	151	3,026	5,391
Dec 31, 2004	154	3,014	5,404
Dec 31, 2005	158	2,998	5,420
Dec 31, 2006	161	2,979	5,438
Dec 31, 2007	165	2,957	5,461
Dec 31, 2008	168	2,934	5,494
Dec 31, 2009	172	2,915	5,524
Dec 31, 2010	176	2,900	5,548
Dec 31, 2011	180	2,892	5,571
Dec 31, 2012	183	2,888	5,592
Dec 31, 2013	187	2,882	5,614
Dec 31, 2014	190	2,876	5,644
Dec 31, 2015	194	2,868	5,683
Dec 31, 2016	198	2,863	5,730
Dec 31, 2017	201	2,861	5,766
Dec 31, 2018	204	2,854	5,795
Dec 31, 2019	208	2,842	5,818
Dec 31, 2020	212	2,825	5,831
Dec 31, 2021	216	2,799	5,855
Dec 31, 2022	220	2,787	5,907

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 São Tomé & Príncipe, Albania, Denmark; the database as a whole is cited above.