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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	Sudan
Dec 31, 1999	138	51,181	11,075	26,168
Dec 31, 2000	141	52,782	11,405	26,771
Dec 31, 2001	144	54,453	11,828	27,387
Dec 31, 2002	147	56,170	12,380	28,017
Dec 31, 2003	151	57,860	12,829	28,662
Dec 31, 2004	154	59,599	13,178	29,321
Dec 31, 2005	158	61,474	13,540	29,996
Dec 31, 2006	161	63,479	13,917	30,686
Dec 31, 2007	165	65,590	14,309	31,393
Dec 31, 2008	168	67,800	14,722	32,137
Dec 31, 2009	172	70,114	15,152	33,078
Dec 31, 2010	176	72,550	15,600	33,891
Dec 31, 2011	180	75,138	16,064	34,568
Dec 31, 2012	183	77,792	16,563	35,293
Dec 31, 2013	187	80,534	17,072	36,093
Dec 31, 2014	190	83,368	17,575	37,058
Dec 31, 2015	194	86,229	18,094	38,165
Dec 31, 2016	198	89,193	18,621	39,294
Dec 31, 2017	201	92,209	19,157	40,512
Dec 31, 2018	204	95,232	19,698	41,764
Dec 31, 2019	208	98,320	20,242	42,952
Dec 31, 2020	212	101,499	20,788	44,121
Dec 31, 2021	216	104,767	21,336	45,290
Dec 31, 2022	220	108,171	21,889	46,498

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