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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	Sierra Leone
Dec 31, 1999	5,366	138	3,736
Dec 31, 2000	5,473	141	3,809
Dec 31, 2001	5,579	144	4,043
Dec 31, 2002	5,683	147	4,287
Dec 31, 2003	5,786	151	4,466
Dec 31, 2004	5,886	154	4,602
Dec 31, 2005	5,984	158	4,708
Dec 31, 2006	6,080	161	4,818
Dec 31, 2007	6,173	165	4,918
Dec 31, 2008	6,264	168	5,023
Dec 31, 2009	6,352	172	5,132
Dec 31, 2010	6,438	176	5,246
Dec 31, 2011	6,522	180	5,364
Dec 31, 2012	6,605	183	5,486
Dec 31, 2013	6,688	187	5,613
Dec 31, 2014	6,769	190	5,744
Dec 31, 2015	6,850	194	5,879
Dec 31, 2016	6,930	198	6,019
Dec 31, 2017	7,012	201	6,163
Dec 31, 2018	7,095	204	6,312
Dec 31, 2019	7,179	208	6,461
Dec 31, 2020	7,263	212	6,611
Dec 31, 2021	7,348	216	6,761
Dec 31, 2022	7,432	220	6,910

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, Sierra Leone; the database as a whole is cited above.