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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	São Tomé & Príncipe	Albania	Burkina Faso	Oman
Dec 31, 1999	138	3,085	11,075	2,348
Dec 31, 2000	141	3,065	11,405	2,403
Dec 31, 2001	144	3,047	11,828	2,457
Dec 31, 2002	147	3,038	12,380	2,510
Dec 31, 2003	151	3,026	12,829	2,562
Dec 31, 2004	154	3,014	13,178	2,613
Dec 31, 2005	158	2,998	13,540	2,663
Dec 31, 2006	161	2,979	13,917	2,713
Dec 31, 2007	165	2,957	14,309	2,764
Dec 31, 2008	168	2,934	14,722	2,816
Dec 31, 2009	172	2,915	15,152	2,871
Dec 31, 2010	176	2,900	15,600	2,928
Dec 31, 2011	180	2,892	16,064	2,986
Dec 31, 2012	183	2,888	16,563	3,047
Dec 31, 2013	187	2,882	17,072	3,110
Dec 31, 2014	190	2,876	17,575	3,174
Dec 31, 2015	194	2,868	18,094	3,240
Dec 31, 2016	198	2,863	18,621	3,307
Dec 31, 2017	201	2,861	19,157	3,375
Dec 31, 2018	204	2,854	19,698	3,444
Dec 31, 2019	208	2,842	20,242	3,512
Dec 31, 2020	212	2,825	20,788	3,582
Dec 31, 2021	216	2,799	21,336	3,651
Dec 31, 2022	220	2,787	21,889	3,696

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.

All data sources

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 São Tomé & Príncipe, Albania, Burkina Faso, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.