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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	Libya
Dec 31, 1999	138	11,075	4,993
Dec 31, 2000	141	11,405	5,116
Dec 31, 2001	144	11,828	5,237
Dec 31, 2002	147	12,380	5,357
Dec 31, 2003	151	12,829	5,476
Dec 31, 2004	154	13,178	5,595
Dec 31, 2005	158	13,540	5,715
Dec 31, 2006	161	13,917	5,835
Dec 31, 2007	165	14,309	5,967
Dec 31, 2008	168	14,722	6,115
Dec 31, 2009	172	15,152	6,270
Dec 31, 2010	176	15,600	6,432
Dec 31, 2011	180	16,064	6,144
Dec 31, 2012	183	16,563	5,849
Dec 31, 2013	187	17,072	6,010
Dec 31, 2014	190	17,575	6,163
Dec 31, 2015	194	18,094	6,291
Dec 31, 2016	198	18,621	6,415
Dec 31, 2017	201	19,157	6,549
Dec 31, 2018	204	19,698	6,689
Dec 31, 2019	208	20,242	6,826
Dec 31, 2020	212	20,788	6,960
Dec 31, 2021	216	21,336	7,088
Dec 31, 2022	220	21,889	7,169

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, Libya; the database as a whole is cited above.