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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	Slovenia	São Tomé & Príncipe	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	1,998	138	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	2,004	141	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	2,006	144	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	2,009	147	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	2,010	151	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	2,011	154	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	2,015	158	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	2,022	161	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	2,033	165	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	2,036	168	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	2,056	172	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	2,063	176	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	2,067	180	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	2,071	183	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	2,074	187	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	2,076	190	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	2,078	194	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	2,079	198	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	2,081	201	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	2,087	204	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	2,104	208	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	2,118	212	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	2,123	216	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	2,124	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

Slovenia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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