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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	São Tomé & Príncipe	Burkina Faso	Israel
Dec 31, 1999	138	11,075	5,927
Dec 31, 2000	141	11,405	6,088
Dec 31, 2001	144	11,828	6,236
Dec 31, 2002	147	12,380	6,366
Dec 31, 2003	151	12,829	6,484
Dec 31, 2004	154	13,178	6,603
Dec 31, 2005	158	13,540	6,723
Dec 31, 2006	161	13,917	6,846
Dec 31, 2007	165	14,309	6,972
Dec 31, 2008	168	14,722	7,100
Dec 31, 2009	172	15,152	7,226
Dec 31, 2010	176	15,600	7,360
Dec 31, 2011	180	16,064	7,498
Dec 31, 2012	183	16,563	7,637
Dec 31, 2013	187	17,072	7,781
Dec 31, 2014	190	17,575	7,931
Dec 31, 2015	194	18,094	8,091
Dec 31, 2016	198	18,621	8,251
Dec 31, 2017	201	19,157	8,412
Dec 31, 2018	204	19,698	8,576
Dec 31, 2019	208	20,242	8,742
Dec 31, 2020	212	20,788	8,899
Dec 31, 2021	216	21,336	9,047
Dec 31, 2022	220	21,889	9,188

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

Israel

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

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