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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	Nepal
Dec 31, 1999	138	23,087
Dec 31, 2000	141	23,487
Dec 31, 2001	144	23,887
Dec 31, 2002	147	24,273
Dec 31, 2003	151	24,645
Dec 31, 2004	154	24,989
Dec 31, 2005	158	25,255
Dec 31, 2006	161	25,484
Dec 31, 2007	165	25,732
Dec 31, 2008	168	25,998
Dec 31, 2009	172	26,298
Dec 31, 2010	176	26,664
Dec 31, 2011	180	27,081
Dec 31, 2012	183	27,505
Dec 31, 2013	187	27,917
Dec 31, 2014	190	28,311
Dec 31, 2015	194	28,678
Dec 31, 2016	198	29,034
Dec 31, 2017	201	29,384
Dec 31, 2018	204	29,718
Dec 31, 2019	208	30,057
Dec 31, 2020	212	30,595
Dec 31, 2021	216	31,311
Dec 31, 2022	220	31,845

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