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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	Barbados	Burundi	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	273	6,128	138
Dec 31, 2000	274	6,282	141
Dec 31, 2001	275	6,466	144
Dec 31, 2002	276	6,670	147
Dec 31, 2003	278	6,897	151
Dec 31, 2004	279	7,167	154
Dec 31, 2005	280	7,439	158
Dec 31, 2006	281	7,709	161
Dec 31, 2007	282	7,991	165
Dec 31, 2008	283	8,318	168
Dec 31, 2009	285	8,741	172
Dec 31, 2010	286	9,140	176
Dec 31, 2011	287	9,440	180
Dec 31, 2012	288	9,748	183
Dec 31, 2013	289	10,069	187
Dec 31, 2014	290	10,380	190
Dec 31, 2015	291	10,577	194
Dec 31, 2016	291	10,721	198
Dec 31, 2017	292	10,955	201
Dec 31, 2018	293	11,229	204
Dec 31, 2019	294	11,602	208
Dec 31, 2020	294	11,987	212
Dec 31, 2021	295	12,384	216
Dec 31, 2022	295	12,795	220

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

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