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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	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	9,417	11,075	138
Dec 31, 2000	9,514	11,405	141
Dec 31, 2001	9,613	11,828	144
Dec 31, 2002	9,711	12,380	147
Dec 31, 2003	9,810	12,829	151
Dec 31, 2004	9,906	13,178	154
Dec 31, 2005	9,997	13,540	158
Dec 31, 2006	10,087	13,917	161
Dec 31, 2007	10,178	14,309	165
Dec 31, 2008	10,274	14,722	168
Dec 31, 2009	10,377	15,152	172
Dec 31, 2010	10,491	15,600	176
Dec 31, 2011	10,612	16,064	180
Dec 31, 2012	10,737	16,563	183
Dec 31, 2013	10,866	17,072	187
Dec 31, 2014	10,996	17,575	190
Dec 31, 2015	11,124	18,094	194
Dec 31, 2016	11,248	18,621	198
Dec 31, 2017	11,365	19,157	201
Dec 31, 2018	11,477	19,698	204
Dec 31, 2019	11,583	20,242	208
Dec 31, 2020	11,681	20,788	212
Dec 31, 2021	11,772	21,336	216
Dec 31, 2022	11,862	21,889	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.

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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, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.