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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	Burkina Faso	Azerbaijan
Dec 31, 1999	138	11,075	8,056
Dec 31, 2000	141	11,405	8,127
Dec 31, 2001	144	11,828	8,194
Dec 31, 2002	147	12,380	8,257
Dec 31, 2003	151	12,829	8,319
Dec 31, 2004	154	13,178	8,391
Dec 31, 2005	158	13,540	8,475
Dec 31, 2006	161	13,917	8,565
Dec 31, 2007	165	14,309	8,657
Dec 31, 2008	168	14,722	8,750
Dec 31, 2009	172	15,152	8,842
Dec 31, 2010	176	15,600	8,933
Dec 31, 2011	180	16,064	9,025
Dec 31, 2012	183	16,563	9,117
Dec 31, 2013	187	17,072	9,210
Dec 31, 2014	190	17,575	9,302
Dec 31, 2015	194	18,094	9,393
Dec 31, 2016	198	18,621	9,481
Dec 31, 2017	201	19,157	9,567
Dec 31, 2018	204	19,698	9,649
Dec 31, 2019	208	20,242	9,727
Dec 31, 2020	212	20,788	9,802
Dec 31, 2021	216	21,336	9,874
Dec 31, 2022	220	21,889	9,918

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