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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	Tunisia	Burkina Faso	Oman	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	9,417	11,075	2,348	138
Dec 31, 2000	9,514	11,405	2,403	141
Dec 31, 2001	9,613	11,828	2,457	144
Dec 31, 2002	9,711	12,380	2,510	147
Dec 31, 2003	9,810	12,829	2,562	151
Dec 31, 2004	9,906	13,178	2,613	154
Dec 31, 2005	9,997	13,540	2,663	158
Dec 31, 2006	10,087	13,917	2,713	161
Dec 31, 2007	10,178	14,309	2,764	165
Dec 31, 2008	10,274	14,722	2,816	168
Dec 31, 2009	10,377	15,152	2,871	172
Dec 31, 2010	10,491	15,600	2,928	176
Dec 31, 2011	10,612	16,064	2,986	180
Dec 31, 2012	10,737	16,563	3,047	183
Dec 31, 2013	10,866	17,072	3,110	187
Dec 31, 2014	10,996	17,575	3,174	190
Dec 31, 2015	11,124	18,094	3,240	194
Dec 31, 2016	11,248	18,621	3,307	198
Dec 31, 2017	11,365	19,157	3,375	201
Dec 31, 2018	11,477	19,698	3,444	204
Dec 31, 2019	11,583	20,242	3,512	208
Dec 31, 2020	11,681	20,788	3,582	212
Dec 31, 2021	11,772	21,336	3,651	216
Dec 31, 2022	11,862	21,889	3,696	220

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 Tunisia, Burkina Faso, Oman, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.