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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	Palestinian Territories	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	138	2,996	273
Dec 31, 2000	141	3,075	274
Dec 31, 2001	144	3,155	275
Dec 31, 2002	147	3,235	276
Dec 31, 2003	151	3,315	278
Dec 31, 2004	154	3,396	279
Dec 31, 2005	158	3,478	280
Dec 31, 2006	161	3,559	281
Dec 31, 2007	165	3,642	282
Dec 31, 2008	168	3,727	283
Dec 31, 2009	172	3,817	285
Dec 31, 2010	176	3,907	286
Dec 31, 2011	180	3,997	287
Dec 31, 2012	183	4,088	288
Dec 31, 2013	187	4,178	289
Dec 31, 2014	190	4,269	290
Dec 31, 2015	194	4,359	291
Dec 31, 2016	198	4,451	291
Dec 31, 2017	201	4,533	292
Dec 31, 2018	204	4,615	293
Dec 31, 2019	208	4,715	294
Dec 31, 2020	212	4,820	294
Dec 31, 2021	216	4,930	295
Dec 31, 2022	220	5,042	295

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, Palestinian Territories, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.