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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	Lesotho	Moldova	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	1,908	4,244	138
Dec 31, 2000	1,916	4,199	141
Dec 31, 2001	1,922	4,154	144
Dec 31, 2002	1,926	4,108	147
Dec 31, 2003	1,926	4,059	151
Dec 31, 2004	1,925	4,013	154
Dec 31, 2005	1,922	3,966	158
Dec 31, 2006	1,919	3,919	161
Dec 31, 2007	1,917	3,873	165
Dec 31, 2008	1,915	3,829	168
Dec 31, 2009	1,916	3,788	172
Dec 31, 2010	1,920	3,748	176
Dec 31, 2011	1,925	3,709	180
Dec 31, 2012	1,930	3,671	183
Dec 31, 2013	1,936	3,633	187
Dec 31, 2014	1,942	3,595	190
Dec 31, 2015	1,948	3,558	194
Dec 31, 2016	1,953	3,522	198
Dec 31, 2017	1,958	3,485	201
Dec 31, 2018	1,962	3,448	204
Dec 31, 2019	1,987	3,412	208
Dec 31, 2020	2,013	3,376	212
Dec 31, 2021	2,037	3,339	216
Dec 31, 2022	2,059	3,570	220

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