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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	Yemen	São Tomé & Príncipe	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	16,728	138	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	17,236	141	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	17,762	144	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	18,310	147	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	18,855	151	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	19,410	154	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	20,000	158	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	20,611	161	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	21,236	165	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	21,878	168	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	22,533	172	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	23,195	176	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	23,880	180	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	24,594	183	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	25,311	187	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	26,020	190	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	26,698	194	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	27,347	198	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	27,985	201	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	28,608	204	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	29,216	208	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	29,811	212	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	30,399	216	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	31,058	220	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.

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