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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	Vietnam
Dec 31, 1999	273	138	78,394
Dec 31, 2000	274	141	79,472
Dec 31, 2001	275	144	80,546
Dec 31, 2002	276	147	81,637
Dec 31, 2003	278	151	82,720
Dec 31, 2004	279	154	83,821
Dec 31, 2005	280	158	84,942
Dec 31, 2006	281	161	86,036
Dec 31, 2007	282	165	87,136
Dec 31, 2008	283	168	88,253
Dec 31, 2009	285	172	89,373
Dec 31, 2010	286	176	90,481
Dec 31, 2011	287	180	91,591
Dec 31, 2012	288	183	92,720
Dec 31, 2013	289	187	93,883
Dec 31, 2014	290	190	95,055
Dec 31, 2015	291	194	96,222
Dec 31, 2016	291	198	97,380
Dec 31, 2017	292	201	98,507
Dec 31, 2018	293	204	99,604
Dec 31, 2019	294	208	100,695
Dec 31, 2020	294	212	101,771
Dec 31, 2021	295	216	102,815
Dec 31, 2022	295	220	103,574

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