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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	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	1,908	138
Dec 31, 2000	1,916	141
Dec 31, 2001	1,922	144
Dec 31, 2002	1,926	147
Dec 31, 2003	1,926	151
Dec 31, 2004	1,925	154
Dec 31, 2005	1,922	158
Dec 31, 2006	1,919	161
Dec 31, 2007	1,917	165
Dec 31, 2008	1,915	168
Dec 31, 2009	1,916	172
Dec 31, 2010	1,920	176
Dec 31, 2011	1,925	180
Dec 31, 2012	1,930	183
Dec 31, 2013	1,936	187
Dec 31, 2014	1,942	190
Dec 31, 2015	1,948	194
Dec 31, 2016	1,953	198
Dec 31, 2017	1,958	201
Dec 31, 2018	1,962	204
Dec 31, 2019	1,987	208
Dec 31, 2020	2,013	212
Dec 31, 2021	2,037	216
Dec 31, 2022	2,059	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, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.