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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	Portugal
Dec 31, 1999	5,366	138	10,144
Dec 31, 2000	5,473	141	10,215
Dec 31, 2001	5,579	144	10,288
Dec 31, 2002	5,683	147	10,344
Dec 31, 2003	5,786	151	10,383
Dec 31, 2004	5,886	154	10,408
Dec 31, 2005	5,984	158	10,427
Dec 31, 2006	6,080	161	10,446
Dec 31, 2007	6,173	165	10,467
Dec 31, 2008	6,264	168	10,482
Dec 31, 2009	6,352	172	10,492
Dec 31, 2010	6,438	176	10,497
Dec 31, 2011	6,522	180	10,481
Dec 31, 2012	6,605	183	10,439
Dec 31, 2013	6,688	187	10,382
Dec 31, 2014	6,769	190	10,326
Dec 31, 2015	6,850	194	10,283
Dec 31, 2016	6,930	198	10,251
Dec 31, 2017	7,012	201	10,226
Dec 31, 2018	7,095	204	10,209
Dec 31, 2019	7,179	208	10,212
Dec 31, 2020	7,263	212	10,223
Dec 31, 2021	7,348	216	10,214
Dec 31, 2022	7,432	220	10,200

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

Portugal

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1530–1850: Palma, N., & Reis, J. (2019). From Convergence to Divergence: Portuguese Economic Growth, 1527–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 79(2), 477-506. doi:10.1017/S0022050719000056
1850-1913: Pedro Lains, "How Far Can We Go? Measuring Portuguese Economic Growth (1850-1913)"
1938-1950: R. Janes Cartado and N.E. Sequeira da Rosa, Series Longas as Contas Nacionais Portuguesas 1958-1985, Banco de Portugal, Lisbon,

No separate list is published for Paraguay, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.