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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 FasoBarbadosCongo - Kinshasa
11,07527351,181
11,40527452,782
11,82827554,453
12,38027656,170
12,82927857,860
13,17827959,599
13,54028061,474
13,91728163,479
14,30928265,590
14,72228367,800
15,15228570,114
15,60028672,550
16,06428775,138
16,56328877,792
17,07228980,534
17,57529083,368
18,09429186,229
18,62129189,193
19,15729292,209
19,69829395,232
20,24229498,320
20,788294101,499
21,336295104,767
21,889295108,171

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, Barbados, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.