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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	Lesotho	Burkina Faso	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	1,908	11,075	138
Dec 31, 2000	1,916	11,405	141
Dec 31, 2001	1,922	11,828	144
Dec 31, 2002	1,926	12,380	147
Dec 31, 2003	1,926	12,829	151
Dec 31, 2004	1,925	13,178	154
Dec 31, 2005	1,922	13,540	158
Dec 31, 2006	1,919	13,917	161
Dec 31, 2007	1,917	14,309	165
Dec 31, 2008	1,915	14,722	168
Dec 31, 2009	1,916	15,152	172
Dec 31, 2010	1,920	15,600	176
Dec 31, 2011	1,925	16,064	180
Dec 31, 2012	1,930	16,563	183
Dec 31, 2013	1,936	17,072	187
Dec 31, 2014	1,942	17,575	190
Dec 31, 2015	1,948	18,094	194
Dec 31, 2016	1,953	18,621	198
Dec 31, 2017	1,958	19,157	201
Dec 31, 2018	1,962	19,698	204
Dec 31, 2019	1,987	20,242	208
Dec 31, 2020	2,013	20,788	212
Dec 31, 2021	2,037	21,336	216
Dec 31, 2022	2,059	21,889	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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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 Lesotho, Burkina Faso, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.