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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	São Tomé & Príncipe	Laos	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	138	5,286	273
Dec 31, 2000	141	5,397	274
Dec 31, 2001	144	5,499	275
Dec 31, 2002	147	5,578	276
Dec 31, 2003	151	5,654	278
Dec 31, 2004	154	5,746	279
Dec 31, 2005	158	5,836	280
Dec 31, 2006	161	5,931	281
Dec 31, 2007	165	6,035	282
Dec 31, 2008	168	6,145	283
Dec 31, 2009	172	6,257	285
Dec 31, 2010	176	6,368	286
Dec 31, 2011	180	6,477	287
Dec 31, 2012	183	6,586	288
Dec 31, 2013	187	6,695	289
Dec 31, 2014	190	6,804	290
Dec 31, 2015	194	6,912	291
Dec 31, 2016	198	7,019	291
Dec 31, 2017	201	7,127	292
Dec 31, 2018	204	7,234	293
Dec 31, 2019	208	7,343	294
Dec 31, 2020	212	7,452	294
Dec 31, 2021	216	7,560	295
Dec 31, 2022	220	7,666	295

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