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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date São Tomé & PríncipeBurkina FasoCongo - Kinshasa
13811,07551,181
14111,40552,782
14411,82854,453
14712,38056,170
15112,82957,860
15413,17859,599
15813,54061,474
16113,91763,479
16514,30965,590
16814,72267,800
17215,15270,114
17615,60072,550
18016,06475,138
18316,56377,792
18717,07280,534
19017,57583,368
19418,09486,229
19818,62189,193
20119,15792,209
20419,69895,232
20820,24298,320
21220,788101,499
21621,336104,767
22021,889108,171

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, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.