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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	Yemen	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	138	16,728	387
Dec 31, 2000	141	17,236	390
Dec 31, 2001	144	17,762	393
Dec 31, 2002	147	18,310	396
Dec 31, 2003	151	18,855	398
Dec 31, 2004	154	19,410	401
Dec 31, 2005	158	20,000	404
Dec 31, 2006	161	20,611	405
Dec 31, 2007	165	21,236	406
Dec 31, 2008	168	21,878	409
Dec 31, 2009	172	22,533	412
Dec 31, 2010	176	23,195	414
Dec 31, 2011	180	23,880	416
Dec 31, 2012	183	24,594	420
Dec 31, 2013	187	25,311	426
Dec 31, 2014	190	26,020	435
Dec 31, 2015	194	26,698	445
Dec 31, 2016	198	27,347	455
Dec 31, 2017	201	27,985	468
Dec 31, 2018	204	28,608	485
Dec 31, 2019	208	29,216	504
Dec 31, 2020	212	29,811	516
Dec 31, 2021	216	30,399	518
Dec 31, 2022	220	31,058	530

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