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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	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	138	11,075	152
Dec 31, 2000	141	11,405	153
Dec 31, 2001	144	11,828	154
Dec 31, 2002	147	12,380	155
Dec 31, 2003	151	12,829	156
Dec 31, 2004	154	13,178	157
Dec 31, 2005	158	13,540	157
Dec 31, 2006	161	13,917	158
Dec 31, 2007	165	14,309	159
Dec 31, 2008	168	14,722	160
Dec 31, 2009	172	15,152	160
Dec 31, 2010	176	15,600	161
Dec 31, 2011	180	16,064	162
Dec 31, 2012	183	16,563	162
Dec 31, 2013	187	17,072	163
Dec 31, 2014	190	17,575	163
Dec 31, 2015	194	18,094	164
Dec 31, 2016	198	18,621	164
Dec 31, 2017	201	19,157	165
Dec 31, 2018	204	19,698	166
Dec 31, 2019	208	20,242	166
Dec 31, 2020	212	20,788	167
Dec 31, 2021	216	21,336	167
Dec 31, 2022	220	21,889	167

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, Burkina Faso, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.