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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	Paraguay	Puerto Rico
Dec 31, 1999	138	5,366	3,800
Dec 31, 2000	141	5,473	3,811
Dec 31, 2001	144	5,579	3,819
Dec 31, 2002	147	5,683	3,824
Dec 31, 2003	151	5,786	3,826
Dec 31, 2004	154	5,886	3,827
Dec 31, 2005	158	5,984	3,822
Dec 31, 2006	161	6,080	3,805
Dec 31, 2007	165	6,173	3,783
Dec 31, 2008	168	6,264	3,761
Dec 31, 2009	172	6,352	3,741
Dec 31, 2010	176	6,438	3,722
Dec 31, 2011	180	6,522	3,679
Dec 31, 2012	183	6,605	3,636
Dec 31, 2013	187	6,688	3,589
Dec 31, 2014	190	6,769	3,534
Dec 31, 2015	194	6,850	3,473
Dec 31, 2016	198	6,930	3,411
Dec 31, 2017	201	7,012	3,352
Dec 31, 2018	204	7,095	3,295
Dec 31, 2019	208	7,179	3,268
Dec 31, 2020	212	7,263	3,247
Dec 31, 2021	216	7,348	3,232
Dec 31, 2022	220	7,432	3,228

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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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, Paraguay, Puerto Rico; the database as a whole is cited above.