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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	Puerto Rico	São Tomé & Príncipe	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	3,800	138	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	3,811	141	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	3,819	144	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	3,824	147	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	3,826	151	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	3,827	154	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	3,822	158	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	3,805	161	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	3,783	165	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	3,761	168	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	3,741	172	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	3,722	176	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	3,679	180	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	3,636	183	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	3,589	187	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	3,534	190	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	3,473	194	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	3,411	198	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	3,352	201	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	3,295	204	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	3,268	208	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	3,247	212	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	3,232	216	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	3,228	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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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 Puerto Rico, São Tomé & Príncipe, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.