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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	Saudi Arabia
Dec 31, 1999	138	5,286	19,964
Dec 31, 2000	141	5,397	20,426
Dec 31, 2001	144	5,499	20,956
Dec 31, 2002	147	5,578	21,549
Dec 31, 2003	151	5,654	22,189
Dec 31, 2004	154	5,746	22,850
Dec 31, 2005	158	5,836	23,516
Dec 31, 2006	161	5,931	24,178
Dec 31, 2007	165	6,035	24,841
Dec 31, 2008	168	6,145	25,518
Dec 31, 2009	172	6,257	26,227
Dec 31, 2010	176	6,368	27,068
Dec 31, 2011	180	6,477	27,810
Dec 31, 2012	183	6,586	28,516
Dec 31, 2013	187	6,695	29,220
Dec 31, 2014	190	6,804	29,936
Dec 31, 2015	194	6,912	30,646
Dec 31, 2016	198	7,019	31,360
Dec 31, 2017	201	7,127	32,184
Dec 31, 2018	204	7,234	32,869
Dec 31, 2019	208	7,343	33,661
Dec 31, 2020	212	7,452	34,542
Dec 31, 2021	216	7,560	33,651
Dec 31, 2022	220	7,666	34,081

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

Saudi Arabia

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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