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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	Mali
Dec 31, 1999	138	5,286	10,596
Dec 31, 2000	141	5,397	10,833
Dec 31, 2001	144	5,499	10,890
Dec 31, 2002	147	5,578	11,007
Dec 31, 2003	151	5,654	11,307
Dec 31, 2004	154	5,746	11,579
Dec 31, 2005	158	5,836	11,804
Dec 31, 2006	161	5,931	12,043
Dec 31, 2007	165	6,035	12,337
Dec 31, 2008	168	6,145	12,657
Dec 31, 2009	172	6,257	12,986
Dec 31, 2010	176	6,368	13,325
Dec 31, 2011	180	6,477	13,679
Dec 31, 2012	183	6,586	14,040
Dec 31, 2013	187	6,695	14,412
Dec 31, 2014	190	6,804	14,803
Dec 31, 2015	194	6,912	15,210
Dec 31, 2016	198	7,019	15,629
Dec 31, 2017	201	7,127	16,060
Dec 31, 2018	204	7,234	16,507
Dec 31, 2019	208	7,343	16,967
Dec 31, 2020	212	7,452	17,442
Dec 31, 2021	216	7,560	17,930
Dec 31, 2022	220	7,666	18,494

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, Mali; the database as a whole is cited above.