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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	Estonia
Dec 31, 1999	138	2,996	1,378
Dec 31, 2000	141	3,075	1,400
Dec 31, 2001	144	3,155	1,391
Dec 31, 2002	147	3,235	1,382
Dec 31, 2003	151	3,315	1,374
Dec 31, 2004	154	3,396	1,365
Dec 31, 2005	158	3,478	1,357
Dec 31, 2006	161	3,559	1,349
Dec 31, 2007	165	3,642	1,341
Dec 31, 2008	168	3,727	1,337
Dec 31, 2009	172	3,817	1,334
Dec 31, 2010	176	3,907	1,332
Dec 31, 2011	180	3,997	1,328
Dec 31, 2012	183	4,088	1,324
Dec 31, 2013	187	4,178	1,319
Dec 31, 2014	190	4,269	1,314
Dec 31, 2015	194	4,359	1,312
Dec 31, 2016	198	4,451	1,314
Dec 31, 2017	201	4,533	1,314
Dec 31, 2018	204	4,615	1,318
Dec 31, 2019	208	4,715	1,323
Dec 31, 2020	212	4,820	1,327
Dec 31, 2021	216	4,930	1,329
Dec 31, 2022	220	5,042	1,330

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