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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	São Tomé & Príncipe	Yemen
Dec 31, 1999	11,075	138	16,728
Dec 31, 2000	11,405	141	17,236
Dec 31, 2001	11,828	144	17,762
Dec 31, 2002	12,380	147	18,310
Dec 31, 2003	12,829	151	18,855
Dec 31, 2004	13,178	154	19,410
Dec 31, 2005	13,540	158	20,000
Dec 31, 2006	13,917	161	20,611
Dec 31, 2007	14,309	165	21,236
Dec 31, 2008	14,722	168	21,878
Dec 31, 2009	15,152	172	22,533
Dec 31, 2010	15,600	176	23,195
Dec 31, 2011	16,064	180	23,880
Dec 31, 2012	16,563	183	24,594
Dec 31, 2013	17,072	187	25,311
Dec 31, 2014	17,575	190	26,020
Dec 31, 2015	18,094	194	26,698
Dec 31, 2016	18,621	198	27,347
Dec 31, 2017	19,157	201	27,985
Dec 31, 2018	19,698	204	28,608
Dec 31, 2019	20,242	208	29,216
Dec 31, 2020	20,788	212	29,811
Dec 31, 2021	21,336	216	30,399
Dec 31, 2022	21,889	220	31,058

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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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, Yemen; the database as a whole is cited above.