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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Burkina Faso	Belarus	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	11,075	10,064	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	11,405	10,034	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	11,828	10,000	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	12,380	9,955	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	12,829	9,905	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	13,178	9,856	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	13,540	9,807	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	13,917	9,764	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	14,309	9,734	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	14,722	9,713	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	15,152	9,697	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	15,600	9,681	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	16,064	9,662	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	16,563	9,643	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	17,072	9,624	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	17,575	9,605	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	18,094	9,585	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	18,621	9,564	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	19,157	9,542	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	19,698	9,519	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	20,242	9,495	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	20,788	9,469	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	21,336	9,442	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	21,889	9,400	108,171

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