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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	Lebanon	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	138	3,460	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	141	3,499	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	144	3,554	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	147	3,610	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	151	3,665	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	154	3,721	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	158	3,777	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	161	3,853	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	165	3,954	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	168	4,036	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	172	4,082	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	176	4,097	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	180	4,115	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	183	4,206	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	187	4,696	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	190	5,365	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	194	5,640	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	198	5,688	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	201	5,680	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	204	5,562	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	208	5,331	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	212	4,986	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	216	4,802	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	220	4,713	7,666

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

Lebanon

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.