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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	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	138	627
Dec 31, 2000	141	659
Dec 31, 2001	144	691
Dec 31, 2002	147	724
Dec 31, 2003	151	757
Dec 31, 2004	154	850
Dec 31, 2005	158	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	161	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	165	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	168	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	172	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	176	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	180	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	183	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	187	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	190	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	194	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	198	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	201	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	204	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	208	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	212	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	216	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	220	2,559

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