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poo - these are called "tabular numerals". They are designed to line up when setting columnar data, like financial reports. They have been the default figures for a long time, but fortunately, type makers are starting to realize that "proportional numerals" are much more commonly used and usually put tabular numerals in a separate font (or both in the same font if it's OpenType).
Here's a quick primer for those fonts that offer suffixes in their name:
TF = tabular figures (all same width)
LF = lining figures (all same height)
OSF = oldstyle figures (upper and lowercase numbers for text)