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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	Palestinian Territories
Dec 31, 1999	138	11,075	2,996
Dec 31, 2000	141	11,405	3,075
Dec 31, 2001	144	11,828	3,155
Dec 31, 2002	147	12,380	3,235
Dec 31, 2003	151	12,829	3,315
Dec 31, 2004	154	13,178	3,396
Dec 31, 2005	158	13,540	3,478
Dec 31, 2006	161	13,917	3,559
Dec 31, 2007	165	14,309	3,642
Dec 31, 2008	168	14,722	3,727
Dec 31, 2009	172	15,152	3,817
Dec 31, 2010	176	15,600	3,907
Dec 31, 2011	180	16,064	3,997
Dec 31, 2012	183	16,563	4,088
Dec 31, 2013	187	17,072	4,178
Dec 31, 2014	190	17,575	4,269
Dec 31, 2015	194	18,094	4,359
Dec 31, 2016	198	18,621	4,451
Dec 31, 2017	201	19,157	4,533
Dec 31, 2018	204	19,698	4,615
Dec 31, 2019	208	20,242	4,715
Dec 31, 2020	212	20,788	4,820
Dec 31, 2021	216	21,336	4,930
Dec 31, 2022	220	21,889	5,042

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, Palestinian Territories; the database as a whole is cited above.