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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	São Tomé & Príncipe	Laos	Brazil
Dec 31, 1999	138	5,286	174,320
Dec 31, 2000	141	5,397	176,902
Dec 31, 2001	144	5,499	179,389
Dec 31, 2002	147	5,578	181,721
Dec 31, 2003	151	5,654	183,970
Dec 31, 2004	154	5,746	186,165
Dec 31, 2005	158	5,836	188,330
Dec 31, 2006	161	5,931	190,438
Dec 31, 2007	165	6,035	192,450
Dec 31, 2008	168	6,145	194,458
Dec 31, 2009	172	6,257	196,464
Dec 31, 2010	176	6,368	198,408
Dec 31, 2011	180	6,477	200,152
Dec 31, 2012	183	6,586	201,894
Dec 31, 2013	187	6,695	203,614
Dec 31, 2014	190	6,804	205,358
Dec 31, 2015	194	6,912	207,148
Dec 31, 2016	198	7,019	208,859
Dec 31, 2017	201	7,127	210,537
Dec 31, 2018	204	7,234	212,258
Dec 31, 2019	208	7,343	213,940
Dec 31, 2020	212	7,452	215,577
Dec 31, 2021	216	7,560	216,720
Dec 31, 2022	220	7,666	217,718

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

Brazil

1800 - 1870: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307 (updated data)
1850–1899: Barro, R.J. and J.F. Ursua, (2008). “Macroeconomic Crises since 1870” Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Economic Studies Program, The Brookings Institution, vol. 39(1 (Spring), pages 255-350
1900-1950: A. Maddison and Associates, The Political Economy of Poverty, Equity and Growth: Brazil and Mexico, Oxford University Press, New York 1992;

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