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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	Yemen
Dec 31, 1999	138	5,322	16,728
Dec 31, 2000	141	5,339	17,236
Dec 31, 2001	144	5,358	17,762
Dec 31, 2002	147	5,377	18,310
Dec 31, 2003	151	5,391	18,855
Dec 31, 2004	154	5,404	19,410
Dec 31, 2005	158	5,420	20,000
Dec 31, 2006	161	5,438	20,611
Dec 31, 2007	165	5,461	21,236
Dec 31, 2008	168	5,494	21,878
Dec 31, 2009	172	5,524	22,533
Dec 31, 2010	176	5,548	23,195
Dec 31, 2011	180	5,571	23,880
Dec 31, 2012	183	5,592	24,594
Dec 31, 2013	187	5,614	25,311
Dec 31, 2014	190	5,644	26,020
Dec 31, 2015	194	5,683	26,698
Dec 31, 2016	198	5,730	27,347
Dec 31, 2017	201	5,766	27,985
Dec 31, 2018	204	5,795	28,608
Dec 31, 2019	208	5,818	29,216
Dec 31, 2020	212	5,831	29,811
Dec 31, 2021	216	5,855	30,399
Dec 31, 2022	220	5,907	31,058

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, Yemen; the database as a whole is cited above.