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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	Moldova	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	138	11,075	4,244	273
Dec 31, 2000	141	11,405	4,199	274
Dec 31, 2001	144	11,828	4,154	275
Dec 31, 2002	147	12,380	4,108	276
Dec 31, 2003	151	12,829	4,059	278
Dec 31, 2004	154	13,178	4,013	279
Dec 31, 2005	158	13,540	3,966	280
Dec 31, 2006	161	13,917	3,919	281
Dec 31, 2007	165	14,309	3,873	282
Dec 31, 2008	168	14,722	3,829	283
Dec 31, 2009	172	15,152	3,788	285
Dec 31, 2010	176	15,600	3,748	286
Dec 31, 2011	180	16,064	3,709	287
Dec 31, 2012	183	16,563	3,671	288
Dec 31, 2013	187	17,072	3,633	289
Dec 31, 2014	190	17,575	3,595	290
Dec 31, 2015	194	18,094	3,558	291
Dec 31, 2016	198	18,621	3,522	291
Dec 31, 2017	201	19,157	3,485	292
Dec 31, 2018	204	19,698	3,448	293
Dec 31, 2019	208	20,242	3,412	294
Dec 31, 2020	212	20,788	3,376	294
Dec 31, 2021	216	21,336	3,339	295
Dec 31, 2022	220	21,889	3,570	295

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.

All data sources

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, Moldova, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.