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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	Paraguay	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	1,908	5,366	138
Dec 31, 2000	1,916	5,473	141
Dec 31, 2001	1,922	5,579	144
Dec 31, 2002	1,926	5,683	147
Dec 31, 2003	1,926	5,786	151
Dec 31, 2004	1,925	5,886	154
Dec 31, 2005	1,922	5,984	158
Dec 31, 2006	1,919	6,080	161
Dec 31, 2007	1,917	6,173	165
Dec 31, 2008	1,915	6,264	168
Dec 31, 2009	1,916	6,352	172
Dec 31, 2010	1,920	6,438	176
Dec 31, 2011	1,925	6,522	180
Dec 31, 2012	1,930	6,605	183
Dec 31, 2013	1,936	6,688	187
Dec 31, 2014	1,942	6,769	190
Dec 31, 2015	1,948	6,850	194
Dec 31, 2016	1,953	6,930	198
Dec 31, 2017	1,958	7,012	201
Dec 31, 2018	1,962	7,095	204
Dec 31, 2019	1,987	7,179	208
Dec 31, 2020	2,013	7,263	212
Dec 31, 2021	2,037	7,348	216
Dec 31, 2022	2,059	7,432	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, Paraguay, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.