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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	Angola	Congo - Kinshasa	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	11,334	51,181	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	11,676	52,782	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	12,030	54,453	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	12,443	56,170	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	12,936	57,860	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	13,480	59,599	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	14,012	61,474	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	14,535	63,479	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	15,084	65,590	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	15,658	67,800	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	16,260	70,114	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	16,885	72,550	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	17,525	75,138	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	18,202	77,792	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	18,908	80,534	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	19,624	83,368	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	20,354	86,229	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	21,098	89,193	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	21,859	92,209	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	22,638	95,232	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	23,437	98,320	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	24,253	101,499	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	25,089	104,767	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	25,878	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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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 Angola, Congo - Kinshasa, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.