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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	Sudan	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	11,075	26,168	138
Dec 31, 2000	11,405	26,771	141
Dec 31, 2001	11,828	27,387	144
Dec 31, 2002	12,380	28,017	147
Dec 31, 2003	12,829	28,662	151
Dec 31, 2004	13,178	29,321	154
Dec 31, 2005	13,540	29,996	158
Dec 31, 2006	13,917	30,686	161
Dec 31, 2007	14,309	31,393	165
Dec 31, 2008	14,722	32,137	168
Dec 31, 2009	15,152	33,078	172
Dec 31, 2010	15,600	33,891	176
Dec 31, 2011	16,064	34,568	180
Dec 31, 2012	16,563	35,293	183
Dec 31, 2013	17,072	36,093	187
Dec 31, 2014	17,575	37,058	190
Dec 31, 2015	18,094	38,165	194
Dec 31, 2016	18,621	39,294	198
Dec 31, 2017	19,157	40,512	201
Dec 31, 2018	19,698	41,764	204
Dec 31, 2019	20,242	42,952	208
Dec 31, 2020	20,788	44,121	212
Dec 31, 2021	21,336	45,290	216
Dec 31, 2022	21,889	46,498	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, Sudan, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.