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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	North Macedonia
Dec 31, 1999	138	5,286	2,006
Dec 31, 2000	141	5,397	2,017
Dec 31, 2001	144	5,499	2,026
Dec 31, 2002	147	5,578	2,011
Dec 31, 2003	151	5,654	2,018
Dec 31, 2004	154	5,746	2,024
Dec 31, 2005	158	5,836	2,028
Dec 31, 2006	161	5,931	2,031
Dec 31, 2007	165	6,035	2,035
Dec 31, 2008	168	6,145	2,038
Dec 31, 2009	172	6,257	2,042
Dec 31, 2010	176	6,368	2,046
Dec 31, 2011	180	6,477	2,049
Dec 31, 2012	183	6,586	2,052
Dec 31, 2013	187	6,695	2,055
Dec 31, 2014	190	6,804	2,058
Dec 31, 2015	194	6,912	2,061
Dec 31, 2016	198	7,019	2,063
Dec 31, 2017	201	7,127	2,065
Dec 31, 2018	204	7,234	2,067
Dec 31, 2019	208	7,343	2,068
Dec 31, 2020	212	7,452	2,065
Dec 31, 2021	216	7,560	2,057
Dec 31, 2022	220	7,666	2,048

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

North Macedonia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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