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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	São Tomé & Príncipe	Bangladesh	Palestinian Territories
Dec 31, 1999	138	132,907	2,996
Dec 31, 2000	141	135,207	3,075
Dec 31, 2001	144	137,420	3,155
Dec 31, 2002	147	139,573	3,235
Dec 31, 2003	151	141,650	3,315
Dec 31, 2004	154	143,644	3,396
Dec 31, 2005	158	145,546	3,478
Dec 31, 2006	161	147,376	3,559
Dec 31, 2007	165	149,047	3,642
Dec 31, 2008	168	150,562	3,727
Dec 31, 2009	172	152,189	3,817
Dec 31, 2010	176	153,927	3,907
Dec 31, 2011	180	155,634	3,997
Dec 31, 2012	183	157,326	4,088
Dec 31, 2013	187	158,999	4,178
Dec 31, 2014	190	160,650	4,269
Dec 31, 2015	194	162,273	4,359
Dec 31, 2016	198	163,938	4,451
Dec 31, 2017	201	165,655	4,533
Dec 31, 2018	204	167,358	4,615
Dec 31, 2019	208	169,045	4,715
Dec 31, 2020	212	170,709	4,820
Dec 31, 2021	216	172,354	4,930
Dec 31, 2022	220	174,217	5,042

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

Bangladesh

1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

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