Population, long-run history: compare countries

See Population, long-run history for up to four countries side by side.

Countries being compared

Add a country

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	São Tomé & Príncipe	Sudan
Dec 31, 1999	11,075	138	26,168
Dec 31, 2000	11,405	141	26,771
Dec 31, 2001	11,828	144	27,387
Dec 31, 2002	12,380	147	28,017
Dec 31, 2003	12,829	151	28,662
Dec 31, 2004	13,178	154	29,321
Dec 31, 2005	13,540	158	29,996
Dec 31, 2006	13,917	161	30,686
Dec 31, 2007	14,309	165	31,393
Dec 31, 2008	14,722	168	32,137
Dec 31, 2009	15,152	172	33,078
Dec 31, 2010	15,600	176	33,891
Dec 31, 2011	16,064	180	34,568
Dec 31, 2012	16,563	183	35,293
Dec 31, 2013	17,072	187	36,093
Dec 31, 2014	17,575	190	37,058
Dec 31, 2015	18,094	194	38,165
Dec 31, 2016	18,621	198	39,294
Dec 31, 2017	19,157	201	40,512
Dec 31, 2018	19,698	204	41,764
Dec 31, 2019	20,242	208	42,952
Dec 31, 2020	20,788	212	44,121
Dec 31, 2021	21,336	216	45,290
Dec 31, 2022	21,889	220	46,498

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.

All data sources

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, São Tomé & Príncipe, Sudan; the database as a whole is cited above.