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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Afghanistan	Congo - Kinshasa	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	22,206	51,181	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	22,461	52,782	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	22,507	54,453	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	23,600	56,170	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	25,005	57,860	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	25,698	59,599	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	26,335	61,474	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	27,154	63,479	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	27,387	65,590	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	27,706	67,800	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	28,484	70,114	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	29,121	72,550	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	29,758	75,138	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	30,420	77,792	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	31,108	80,534	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	31,823	83,368	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	32,564	86,229	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	33,332	89,193	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	34,125	92,209	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	34,941	95,232	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	35,972	98,320	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	37,034	101,499	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	38,127	104,767	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	39,252	108,171	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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Original sources of these estimates

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