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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	Barbados	São Tomé & Príncipe	Lesotho
Dec 31, 1999	273	138	1,908
Dec 31, 2000	274	141	1,916
Dec 31, 2001	275	144	1,922
Dec 31, 2002	276	147	1,926
Dec 31, 2003	278	151	1,926
Dec 31, 2004	279	154	1,925
Dec 31, 2005	280	158	1,922
Dec 31, 2006	281	161	1,919
Dec 31, 2007	282	165	1,917
Dec 31, 2008	283	168	1,915
Dec 31, 2009	285	172	1,916
Dec 31, 2010	286	176	1,920
Dec 31, 2011	287	180	1,925
Dec 31, 2012	288	183	1,930
Dec 31, 2013	289	187	1,936
Dec 31, 2014	290	190	1,942
Dec 31, 2015	291	194	1,948
Dec 31, 2016	291	198	1,953
Dec 31, 2017	292	201	1,958
Dec 31, 2018	293	204	1,962
Dec 31, 2019	294	208	1,987
Dec 31, 2020	294	212	2,013
Dec 31, 2021	295	216	2,037
Dec 31, 2022	295	220	2,059

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 Barbados, São Tomé & Príncipe, Lesotho; the database as a whole is cited above.