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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	Paraguay	São Tomé & Príncipe	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	5,366	138	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	5,473	141	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	5,579	144	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	5,683	147	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	5,786	151	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	5,886	154	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	5,984	158	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	6,080	161	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	6,173	165	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	6,264	168	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	6,352	172	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	6,438	176	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	6,522	180	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	6,605	183	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	6,688	187	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	6,769	190	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	6,850	194	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	6,930	198	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	7,012	201	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	7,095	204	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	7,179	208	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	7,263	212	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	7,348	216	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	7,432	220	7,666

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 Paraguay, São Tomé & Príncipe, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.