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Annual, Persons

Source: World Bank

Population: latest observations by country
Date	Burkina Faso	Laos	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 2002	12,680,897	5,610,889	53,750,524
Dec 31, 2003	13,082,532	5,697,945	55,343,867
Dec 31, 2004	13,500,533	5,781,626	56,997,741
Dec 31, 2005	13,932,123	5,869,523	58,775,724
Dec 31, 2006	14,373,707	5,963,200	60,615,908
Dec 31, 2007	14,816,307	6,056,236	62,477,752
Dec 31, 2008	15,258,093	6,148,969	64,390,664
Dec 31, 2009	15,710,066	6,241,642	66,412,044
Dec 31, 2010	16,176,498	6,334,194	68,563,038
Dec 31, 2011	16,661,908	6,426,590	70,849,311
Dec 31, 2012	17,172,287	6,518,978	73,254,618
Dec 31, 2013	17,695,409	6,611,385	75,789,395
Dec 31, 2014	18,229,461	6,703,172	78,403,242
Dec 31, 2015	18,777,487	6,801,645	81,035,531
Dec 31, 2016	19,334,856	6,908,802	83,956,415
Dec 31, 2017	19,894,407	7,018,147	87,083,398
Dec 31, 2018	20,438,288	7,128,045	90,047,644
Dec 31, 2019	20,961,952	7,237,636	92,947,442
Dec 31, 2020	21,478,690	7,346,533	95,989,998
Dec 31, 2021	21,995,243	7,453,194	99,148,932
Dec 31, 2022	22,509,038	7,559,007	102,396,968
Dec 31, 2023	23,025,776	7,664,993	105,789,731
Dec 31, 2024	23,548,781	7,769,819	109,276,265
Dec 31, 2025	24,074,580	7,873,046	112,832,473