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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	São Tomé & Príncipe	Paraguay	Saudi Arabia
Dec 31, 1999	138	5,366	19,964
Dec 31, 2000	141	5,473	20,426
Dec 31, 2001	144	5,579	20,956
Dec 31, 2002	147	5,683	21,549
Dec 31, 2003	151	5,786	22,189
Dec 31, 2004	154	5,886	22,850
Dec 31, 2005	158	5,984	23,516
Dec 31, 2006	161	6,080	24,178
Dec 31, 2007	165	6,173	24,841
Dec 31, 2008	168	6,264	25,518
Dec 31, 2009	172	6,352	26,227
Dec 31, 2010	176	6,438	27,068
Dec 31, 2011	180	6,522	27,810
Dec 31, 2012	183	6,605	28,516
Dec 31, 2013	187	6,688	29,220
Dec 31, 2014	190	6,769	29,936
Dec 31, 2015	194	6,850	30,646
Dec 31, 2016	198	6,930	31,360
Dec 31, 2017	201	7,012	32,184
Dec 31, 2018	204	7,095	32,869
Dec 31, 2019	208	7,179	33,661
Dec 31, 2020	212	7,263	34,542
Dec 31, 2021	216	7,348	33,651
Dec 31, 2022	220	7,432	34,081

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

Saudi Arabia

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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