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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	Barbados	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	138	273	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	141	274	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	144	275	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	147	276	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	151	278	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	154	279	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	158	280	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	161	281	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	165	282	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	168	283	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	172	285	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	176	286	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	180	287	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	183	288	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	187	289	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	190	290	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	194	291	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	198	291	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	201	292	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	204	293	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	208	294	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	212	294	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	216	295	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	220	295	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

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