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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date Burkina FasoAlbaniaCongo - Kinshasa
11,0753,08551,181
11,4053,06552,782
11,8283,04754,453
12,3803,03856,170
12,8293,02657,860
13,1783,01459,599
13,5402,99861,474
13,9172,97963,479
14,3092,95765,590
14,7222,93467,800
15,1522,91570,114
15,6002,90072,550
16,0642,89275,138
16,5632,88877,792
17,0722,88280,534
17,5752,87683,368
18,0942,86886,229
18,6212,86389,193
19,1572,86192,209
19,6982,85495,232
20,2422,84298,320
20,7882,825101,499
21,3362,799104,767
21,8892,787108,171

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