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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	Burkina Faso	Barbados	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	11,075	273	138
Dec 31, 2000	11,405	274	141
Dec 31, 2001	11,828	275	144
Dec 31, 2002	12,380	276	147
Dec 31, 2003	12,829	278	151
Dec 31, 2004	13,178	279	154
Dec 31, 2005	13,540	280	158
Dec 31, 2006	13,917	281	161
Dec 31, 2007	14,309	282	165
Dec 31, 2008	14,722	283	168
Dec 31, 2009	15,152	285	172
Dec 31, 2010	15,600	286	176
Dec 31, 2011	16,064	287	180
Dec 31, 2012	16,563	288	183
Dec 31, 2013	17,072	289	187
Dec 31, 2014	17,575	290	190
Dec 31, 2015	18,094	291	194
Dec 31, 2016	18,621	291	198
Dec 31, 2017	19,157	292	201
Dec 31, 2018	19,698	293	204
Dec 31, 2019	20,242	294	208
Dec 31, 2020	20,788	294	212
Dec 31, 2021	21,336	295	216
Dec 31, 2022	21,889	295	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 Burkina Faso, Barbados, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.