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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	Denmark	United Arab Emirates
Dec 31, 1999	138	5,322	3,101
Dec 31, 2000	141	5,339	3,284
Dec 31, 2001	144	5,358	3,458
Dec 31, 2002	147	5,377	3,613
Dec 31, 2003	151	5,391	3,754
Dec 31, 2004	154	5,404	3,882
Dec 31, 2005	158	5,420	4,000
Dec 31, 2006	161	5,438	4,532
Dec 31, 2007	165	5,461	5,623
Dec 31, 2008	168	5,494	7,277
Dec 31, 2009	172	5,524	8,164
Dec 31, 2010	176	5,548	8,152
Dec 31, 2011	180	5,571	8,438
Dec 31, 2012	183	5,592	8,747
Dec 31, 2013	187	5,614	9,077
Dec 31, 2014	190	5,644	9,321
Dec 31, 2015	194	5,683	9,461
Dec 31, 2016	198	5,730	9,587
Dec 31, 2017	201	5,766	9,699
Dec 31, 2018	204	5,795	9,796
Dec 31, 2019	208	5,818	9,879
Dec 31, 2020	212	5,831	9,953
Dec 31, 2021	216	5,855	10,018
Dec 31, 2022	220	5,907	10,099

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, Denmark, United Arab Emirates; the database as a whole is cited above.