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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	Finland	São Tomé & Príncipe	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	5,166	138	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	5,176	141	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	5,188	144	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	5,201	147	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	5,213	151	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	5,228	154	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	5,246	158	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	5,266	161	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	5,289	165	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	5,313	168	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	5,339	172	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	5,363	176	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	5,388	180	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	5,414	183	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	5,439	187	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	5,463	190	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	5,481	194	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	5,495	198	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	5,508	201	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	5,516	204	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	5,522	208	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	5,531	212	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	5,542	216	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	5,556	220	21,889

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

Finland

1600–1860: Eloranta, J., Voutilainen, M. and Nummela, I. (2016). “Estimating Finnish Economic Growth Before 1860” mimeo.
1860-1960: R. Hjerppe, The Finnish Economy 1860-1985: Growth and Structural Change, Bank of Finland, Helsinki, 1989, pp. 198-200.

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