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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	Libya	Burkina Faso	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	4,993	11,075	138
Dec 31, 2000	5,116	11,405	141
Dec 31, 2001	5,237	11,828	144
Dec 31, 2002	5,357	12,380	147
Dec 31, 2003	5,476	12,829	151
Dec 31, 2004	5,595	13,178	154
Dec 31, 2005	5,715	13,540	158
Dec 31, 2006	5,835	13,917	161
Dec 31, 2007	5,967	14,309	165
Dec 31, 2008	6,115	14,722	168
Dec 31, 2009	6,270	15,152	172
Dec 31, 2010	6,432	15,600	176
Dec 31, 2011	6,144	16,064	180
Dec 31, 2012	5,849	16,563	183
Dec 31, 2013	6,010	17,072	187
Dec 31, 2014	6,163	17,575	190
Dec 31, 2015	6,291	18,094	194
Dec 31, 2016	6,415	18,621	198
Dec 31, 2017	6,549	19,157	201
Dec 31, 2018	6,689	19,698	204
Dec 31, 2019	6,826	20,242	208
Dec 31, 2020	6,960	20,788	212
Dec 31, 2021	7,088	21,336	216
Dec 31, 2022	7,169	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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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 Libya, Burkina Faso, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.