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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	Puerto Rico
Dec 31, 1999	138	16,728	3,800
Dec 31, 2000	141	17,236	3,811
Dec 31, 2001	144	17,762	3,819
Dec 31, 2002	147	18,310	3,824
Dec 31, 2003	151	18,855	3,826
Dec 31, 2004	154	19,410	3,827
Dec 31, 2005	158	20,000	3,822
Dec 31, 2006	161	20,611	3,805
Dec 31, 2007	165	21,236	3,783
Dec 31, 2008	168	21,878	3,761
Dec 31, 2009	172	22,533	3,741
Dec 31, 2010	176	23,195	3,722
Dec 31, 2011	180	23,880	3,679
Dec 31, 2012	183	24,594	3,636
Dec 31, 2013	187	25,311	3,589
Dec 31, 2014	190	26,020	3,534
Dec 31, 2015	194	26,698	3,473
Dec 31, 2016	198	27,347	3,411
Dec 31, 2017	201	27,985	3,352
Dec 31, 2018	204	28,608	3,295
Dec 31, 2019	208	29,216	3,268
Dec 31, 2020	212	29,811	3,247
Dec 31, 2021	216	30,399	3,232
Dec 31, 2022	220	31,058	3,228

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