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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	São Tomé & Príncipe	Palestinian Territories	Philippines
Dec 31, 1999	138	2,996	79,346
Dec 31, 2000	141	3,075	81,131
Dec 31, 2001	144	3,155	83,023
Dec 31, 2002	147	3,235	84,876
Dec 31, 2003	151	3,315	86,697
Dec 31, 2004	154	3,396	88,568
Dec 31, 2005	158	3,478	90,418
Dec 31, 2006	161	3,559	92,253
Dec 31, 2007	165	3,642	94,098
Dec 31, 2008	168	3,727	95,923
Dec 31, 2009	172	3,817	97,627
Dec 31, 2010	176	3,907	99,317
Dec 31, 2011	180	3,997	100,999
Dec 31, 2012	183	4,088	102,618
Dec 31, 2013	187	4,178	104,299
Dec 31, 2014	190	4,269	106,076
Dec 31, 2015	194	4,359	107,868
Dec 31, 2016	198	4,451	109,493
Dec 31, 2017	201	4,533	111,094
Dec 31, 2018	204	4,615	112,843
Dec 31, 2019	208	4,715	114,636
Dec 31, 2020	212	4,820	117,026
Dec 31, 2021	216	4,930	119,473
Dec 31, 2022	220	5,042	121,234

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

Philippines

1820-1900: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1900-1950: R.W. Hooley, "Long Term Growth of the Philippine Economy, 1902-1961", , The Philippine Economic Journal, First Semester, 1968.

No separate list is published for São Tomé & Príncipe, Palestinian Territories; the database as a whole is cited above.