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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	São Tomé & Príncipe	Malta	Denmark
Dec 31, 1999	138	387	5,322
Dec 31, 2000	141	390	5,339
Dec 31, 2001	144	393	5,358
Dec 31, 2002	147	396	5,377
Dec 31, 2003	151	398	5,391
Dec 31, 2004	154	401	5,404
Dec 31, 2005	158	404	5,420
Dec 31, 2006	161	405	5,438
Dec 31, 2007	165	406	5,461
Dec 31, 2008	168	409	5,494
Dec 31, 2009	172	412	5,524
Dec 31, 2010	176	414	5,548
Dec 31, 2011	180	416	5,571
Dec 31, 2012	183	420	5,592
Dec 31, 2013	187	426	5,614
Dec 31, 2014	190	435	5,644
Dec 31, 2015	194	445	5,683
Dec 31, 2016	198	455	5,730
Dec 31, 2017	201	468	5,766
Dec 31, 2018	204	485	5,795
Dec 31, 2019	208	504	5,818
Dec 31, 2020	212	516	5,831
Dec 31, 2021	216	518	5,855
Dec 31, 2022	220	530	5,907

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, Malta, Denmark; the database as a whole is cited above.