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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	Sierra Leone	Burkina Faso	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	3,736	11,075	138
Dec 31, 2000	3,809	11,405	141
Dec 31, 2001	4,043	11,828	144
Dec 31, 2002	4,287	12,380	147
Dec 31, 2003	4,466	12,829	151
Dec 31, 2004	4,602	13,178	154
Dec 31, 2005	4,708	13,540	158
Dec 31, 2006	4,818	13,917	161
Dec 31, 2007	4,918	14,309	165
Dec 31, 2008	5,023	14,722	168
Dec 31, 2009	5,132	15,152	172
Dec 31, 2010	5,246	15,600	176
Dec 31, 2011	5,364	16,064	180
Dec 31, 2012	5,486	16,563	183
Dec 31, 2013	5,613	17,072	187
Dec 31, 2014	5,744	17,575	190
Dec 31, 2015	5,879	18,094	194
Dec 31, 2016	6,019	18,621	198
Dec 31, 2017	6,163	19,157	201
Dec 31, 2018	6,312	19,698	204
Dec 31, 2019	6,461	20,242	208
Dec 31, 2020	6,611	20,788	212
Dec 31, 2021	6,761	21,336	216
Dec 31, 2022	6,910	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 Sierra Leone, Burkina Faso, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.