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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	Yemen
Dec 31, 1999	138	627	16,728
Dec 31, 2000	141	659	17,236
Dec 31, 2001	144	691	17,762
Dec 31, 2002	147	724	18,310
Dec 31, 2003	151	757	18,855
Dec 31, 2004	154	850	19,410
Dec 31, 2005	158	1,001	20,000
Dec 31, 2006	161	1,153	20,611
Dec 31, 2007	165	1,306	21,236
Dec 31, 2008	168	1,460	21,878
Dec 31, 2009	172	1,615	22,533
Dec 31, 2010	176	1,770	23,195
Dec 31, 2011	180	1,904	23,880
Dec 31, 2012	183	2,010	24,594
Dec 31, 2013	187	2,103	25,311
Dec 31, 2014	190	2,187	26,020
Dec 31, 2015	194	2,261	26,698
Dec 31, 2016	198	2,326	27,347
Dec 31, 2017	201	2,384	27,985
Dec 31, 2018	204	2,435	28,608
Dec 31, 2019	208	2,480	29,216
Dec 31, 2020	212	2,519	29,811
Dec 31, 2021	216	2,553	30,399
Dec 31, 2022	220	2,559	31,058

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