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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	Oman	Congo - Kinshasa	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	138	2,348	51,181	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	141	2,403	52,782	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	144	2,457	54,453	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	147	2,510	56,170	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	151	2,562	57,860	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	154	2,613	59,599	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	158	2,663	61,474	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	161	2,713	63,479	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	165	2,764	65,590	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	168	2,816	67,800	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	172	2,871	70,114	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	176	2,928	72,550	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	180	2,986	75,138	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	183	3,047	77,792	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	187	3,110	80,534	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	190	3,174	83,368	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	194	3,240	86,229	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	198	3,307	89,193	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	201	3,375	92,209	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	204	3,444	95,232	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	208	3,512	98,320	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	212	3,582	101,499	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	216	3,651	104,767	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	220	3,696	108,171	21,889

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