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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 FasoBurundiCongo - Kinshasa
11,0756,12851,181
11,4056,28252,782
11,8286,46654,453
12,3806,67056,170
12,8296,89757,860
13,1787,16759,599
13,5407,43961,474
13,9177,70963,479
14,3097,99165,590
14,7228,31867,800
15,1528,74170,114
15,6009,14072,550
16,0649,44075,138
16,5639,74877,792
17,07210,06980,534
17,57510,38083,368
18,09410,57786,229
18,62110,72189,193
19,15710,95592,209
19,69811,22995,232
20,24211,60298,320
20,78811,987101,499
21,33612,384104,767
21,88912,795108,171

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