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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	Sudan	Trinidad & Tobago
Dec 31, 1999	1,908	26,168	1,301
Dec 31, 2000	1,916	26,771	1,303
Dec 31, 2001	1,922	27,387	1,308
Dec 31, 2002	1,926	28,017	1,314
Dec 31, 2003	1,926	28,662	1,320
Dec 31, 2004	1,925	29,321	1,326
Dec 31, 2005	1,922	29,996	1,332
Dec 31, 2006	1,919	30,686	1,338
Dec 31, 2007	1,917	31,393	1,344
Dec 31, 2008	1,915	32,137	1,352
Dec 31, 2009	1,916	33,078	1,359
Dec 31, 2010	1,920	33,891	1,365
Dec 31, 2011	1,925	34,568	1,372
Dec 31, 2012	1,930	35,293	1,379
Dec 31, 2013	1,936	36,093	1,386
Dec 31, 2014	1,942	37,058	1,392
Dec 31, 2015	1,948	38,165	1,399
Dec 31, 2016	1,953	39,294	1,405
Dec 31, 2017	1,958	40,512	1,411
Dec 31, 2018	1,962	41,764	1,436
Dec 31, 2019	1,987	42,952	1,452
Dec 31, 2020	2,013	44,121	1,448
Dec 31, 2021	2,037	45,290	1,450
Dec 31, 2022	2,059	46,498	1,456

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 Lesotho, Sudan, Trinidad & Tobago; the database as a whole is cited above.