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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	Luxembourg	Laos	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	433	5,286	138
Dec 31, 2000	438	5,397	141
Dec 31, 2001	443	5,499	144
Dec 31, 2002	448	5,578	147
Dec 31, 2003	454	5,654	151
Dec 31, 2004	460	5,746	154
Dec 31, 2005	467	5,836	158
Dec 31, 2006	474	5,931	161
Dec 31, 2007	482	6,035	165
Dec 31, 2008	491	6,145	168
Dec 31, 2009	500	6,257	172
Dec 31, 2010	509	6,368	176
Dec 31, 2011	521	6,477	180
Dec 31, 2012	533	6,586	183
Dec 31, 2013	547	6,695	187
Dec 31, 2014	560	6,804	190
Dec 31, 2015	571	6,912	194
Dec 31, 2016	586	7,019	198
Dec 31, 2017	599	7,127	201
Dec 31, 2018	610	7,234	204
Dec 31, 2019	623	7,343	208
Dec 31, 2020	633	7,452	212
Dec 31, 2021	643	7,560	216
Dec 31, 2022	651	7,666	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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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 Luxembourg, Laos, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.