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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 FasoSwitzerland
13811,0757,258
14111,4057,296
14411,8287,332
14712,3807,384
15112,8297,438
15413,1787,488
15813,5407,532
16113,9177,579
16514,3097,647
16814,7227,738
17215,1527,825
17615,6007,884
18016,0647,959
18316,5638,044
18717,0728,137
19017,5758,237
19418,0948,332
19818,6218,423
20119,1578,502
20419,6988,565
20820,2428,626
21220,7888,689
21621,3368,756
22021,8898,834

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

Switzerland

  • 1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
  • 1850-2011: Stohr, Christian (2016), Trading Gains: new estimates of Swiss GDP, 1851-2008. Economic History Working Papers, 245/2016. London School of Economics and Political Science, Economic History Department, London, UK

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