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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	Laos	Burkina Faso	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	138	5,286	11,075	273
Dec 31, 2000	141	5,397	11,405	274
Dec 31, 2001	144	5,499	11,828	275
Dec 31, 2002	147	5,578	12,380	276
Dec 31, 2003	151	5,654	12,829	278
Dec 31, 2004	154	5,746	13,178	279
Dec 31, 2005	158	5,836	13,540	280
Dec 31, 2006	161	5,931	13,917	281
Dec 31, 2007	165	6,035	14,309	282
Dec 31, 2008	168	6,145	14,722	283
Dec 31, 2009	172	6,257	15,152	285
Dec 31, 2010	176	6,368	15,600	286
Dec 31, 2011	180	6,477	16,064	287
Dec 31, 2012	183	6,586	16,563	288
Dec 31, 2013	187	6,695	17,072	289
Dec 31, 2014	190	6,804	17,575	290
Dec 31, 2015	194	6,912	18,094	291
Dec 31, 2016	198	7,019	18,621	291
Dec 31, 2017	201	7,127	19,157	292
Dec 31, 2018	204	7,234	19,698	293
Dec 31, 2019	208	7,343	20,242	294
Dec 31, 2020	212	7,452	20,788	294
Dec 31, 2021	216	7,560	21,336	295
Dec 31, 2022	220	7,666	21,889	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, Laos, Burkina Faso, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.