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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	Hong Kong SAR China
Dec 31, 1999	138	3,085	6,587
Dec 31, 2000	141	3,065	6,646
Dec 31, 2001	144	3,047	6,695
Dec 31, 2002	147	3,038	6,725
Dec 31, 2003	151	3,026	6,712
Dec 31, 2004	154	3,014	6,765
Dec 31, 2005	158	2,998	6,794
Dec 31, 2006	161	2,979	6,838
Dec 31, 2007	165	2,957	6,897
Dec 31, 2008	168	2,934	6,938
Dec 31, 2009	172	2,915	6,953
Dec 31, 2010	176	2,900	7,004
Dec 31, 2011	180	2,892	7,052
Dec 31, 2012	183	2,888	7,130
Dec 31, 2013	187	2,882	7,159
Dec 31, 2014	190	2,876	7,209
Dec 31, 2015	194	2,868	7,271
Dec 31, 2016	198	2,863	7,316
Dec 31, 2017	201	2,861	7,372
Dec 31, 2018	204	2,854	7,432
Dec 31, 2019	208	2,842	7,487
Dec 31, 2020	212	2,825	7,460
Dec 31, 2021	216	2,799	7,392
Dec 31, 2022	220	2,787	7,387

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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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, Hong Kong SAR China; the database as a whole is cited above.