Population: compare countries

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Annual, Persons

Source: World Bank

Population: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Oman	Burkina Faso	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 2002	264,148	2,337,140	12,680,897	149,922
Dec 31, 2003	265,776	2,363,796	13,082,532	153,814
Dec 31, 2004	267,298	2,404,821	13,500,533	157,705
Dec 31, 2005	268,706	2,459,802	13,932,123	161,639
Dec 31, 2006	270,002	2,514,795	14,373,707	165,638
Dec 31, 2007	271,288	2,570,174	14,816,307	169,700
Dec 31, 2008	272,714	2,626,529	15,258,093	173,793
Dec 31, 2009	274,123	2,684,659	15,710,066	177,853
Dec 31, 2010	275,243	2,757,446	16,176,498	181,802
Dec 31, 2011	276,139	3,076,763	16,661,908	185,649
Dec 31, 2012	276,938	3,547,106	17,172,287	189,439
Dec 31, 2013	277,665	3,833,913	17,695,409	193,148
Dec 31, 2014	278,348	4,002,439	18,229,461	196,767
Dec 31, 2015	278,990	4,184,895	18,777,487	200,291
Dec 31, 2016	279,598	4,390,877	19,334,856	203,689
Dec 31, 2017	280,171	4,537,396	19,894,407	206,970
Dec 31, 2018	280,711	4,597,877	20,438,288	210,187
Dec 31, 2019	281,207	4,591,241	20,961,952	213,392
Dec 31, 2020	281,698	4,522,497	21,478,690	217,435
Dec 31, 2021	282,147	4,500,424	21,995,243	221,961
Dec 31, 2022	282,318	4,730,226	22,509,038	226,305
Dec 31, 2023	282,336	5,049,269	23,025,776	230,871
Dec 31, 2024	282,467	5,281,538	23,548,781	235,536
Dec 31, 2025	282,623	5,494,691	24,074,580	240,254