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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	Palestinian Territories
Dec 31, 1999	138	5,322	2,996
Dec 31, 2000	141	5,339	3,075
Dec 31, 2001	144	5,358	3,155
Dec 31, 2002	147	5,377	3,235
Dec 31, 2003	151	5,391	3,315
Dec 31, 2004	154	5,404	3,396
Dec 31, 2005	158	5,420	3,478
Dec 31, 2006	161	5,438	3,559
Dec 31, 2007	165	5,461	3,642
Dec 31, 2008	168	5,494	3,727
Dec 31, 2009	172	5,524	3,817
Dec 31, 2010	176	5,548	3,907
Dec 31, 2011	180	5,571	3,997
Dec 31, 2012	183	5,592	4,088
Dec 31, 2013	187	5,614	4,178
Dec 31, 2014	190	5,644	4,269
Dec 31, 2015	194	5,683	4,359
Dec 31, 2016	198	5,730	4,451
Dec 31, 2017	201	5,766	4,533
Dec 31, 2018	204	5,795	4,615
Dec 31, 2019	208	5,818	4,715
Dec 31, 2020	212	5,831	4,820
Dec 31, 2021	216	5,855	4,930
Dec 31, 2022	220	5,907	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

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