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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	Puerto Rico	Laos	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	3,800	5,286	138
Dec 31, 2000	3,811	5,397	141
Dec 31, 2001	3,819	5,499	144
Dec 31, 2002	3,824	5,578	147
Dec 31, 2003	3,826	5,654	151
Dec 31, 2004	3,827	5,746	154
Dec 31, 2005	3,822	5,836	158
Dec 31, 2006	3,805	5,931	161
Dec 31, 2007	3,783	6,035	165
Dec 31, 2008	3,761	6,145	168
Dec 31, 2009	3,741	6,257	172
Dec 31, 2010	3,722	6,368	176
Dec 31, 2011	3,679	6,477	180
Dec 31, 2012	3,636	6,586	183
Dec 31, 2013	3,589	6,695	187
Dec 31, 2014	3,534	6,804	190
Dec 31, 2015	3,473	6,912	194
Dec 31, 2016	3,411	7,019	198
Dec 31, 2017	3,352	7,127	201
Dec 31, 2018	3,295	7,234	204
Dec 31, 2019	3,268	7,343	208
Dec 31, 2020	3,247	7,452	212
Dec 31, 2021	3,232	7,560	216
Dec 31, 2022	3,228	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 Puerto Rico, Laos, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.