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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Burkina Faso	Paraguay
Dec 31, 1999	138	51,181	11,075	5,366
Dec 31, 2000	141	52,782	11,405	5,473
Dec 31, 2001	144	54,453	11,828	5,579
Dec 31, 2002	147	56,170	12,380	5,683
Dec 31, 2003	151	57,860	12,829	5,786
Dec 31, 2004	154	59,599	13,178	5,886
Dec 31, 2005	158	61,474	13,540	5,984
Dec 31, 2006	161	63,479	13,917	6,080
Dec 31, 2007	165	65,590	14,309	6,173
Dec 31, 2008	168	67,800	14,722	6,264
Dec 31, 2009	172	70,114	15,152	6,352
Dec 31, 2010	176	72,550	15,600	6,438
Dec 31, 2011	180	75,138	16,064	6,522
Dec 31, 2012	183	77,792	16,563	6,605
Dec 31, 2013	187	80,534	17,072	6,688
Dec 31, 2014	190	83,368	17,575	6,769
Dec 31, 2015	194	86,229	18,094	6,850
Dec 31, 2016	198	89,193	18,621	6,930
Dec 31, 2017	201	92,209	19,157	7,012
Dec 31, 2018	204	95,232	19,698	7,095
Dec 31, 2019	208	98,320	20,242	7,179
Dec 31, 2020	212	101,499	20,788	7,263
Dec 31, 2021	216	104,767	21,336	7,348
Dec 31, 2022	220	108,171	21,889	7,432

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, Congo - Kinshasa, Burkina Faso, Paraguay; the database as a whole is cited above.