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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 FasoBenin
11,0756,461
11,4056,677
11,8286,902
12,3807,130
12,8297,360
13,1787,589
13,5407,838
13,9178,089
14,3098,335
14,7228,603
15,1528,884
15,6009,179
16,0649,486
16,5639,805
17,07210,135
17,57510,480
18,09410,842
18,62111,220
19,15711,613
19,69812,018
20,24212,370
20,78812,725
21,33613,081
21,88913,439

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 Burkina Faso, Benin; the database as a whole is cited above.