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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	Philippines	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	138	79,346	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	141	81,131	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	144	83,023	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	147	84,876	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	151	86,697	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	154	88,568	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	158	90,418	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	161	92,253	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	165	94,098	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	168	95,923	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	172	97,627	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	176	99,317	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	180	100,999	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	183	102,618	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	187	104,299	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	190	106,076	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	194	107,868	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	198	109,493	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	201	111,094	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	204	112,843	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	208	114,636	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	212	117,026	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	216	119,473	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	220	121,234	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

Philippines

1820-1900: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1900-1950: R.W. Hooley, "Long Term Growth of the Philippine Economy, 1902-1961", , The Philippine Economic Journal, First Semester, 1968.

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