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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	United Arab Emirates	Burkina Faso	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	3,101	11,075	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	3,284	11,405	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	3,458	11,828	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	3,613	12,380	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	3,754	12,829	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	3,882	13,178	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	4,000	13,540	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	4,532	13,917	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	5,623	14,309	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	7,277	14,722	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	8,164	15,152	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	8,152	15,600	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	8,438	16,064	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	8,747	16,563	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	9,077	17,072	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	9,321	17,575	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	9,461	18,094	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	9,587	18,621	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	9,699	19,157	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	9,796	19,698	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	9,879	20,242	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	9,953	20,788	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	10,018	21,336	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	10,099	21,889	108,171

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 United Arab Emirates, Burkina Faso, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.