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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Burkina Faso	Congo - Kinshasa	Bolivia
Dec 31, 1999	11,075	51,181	8,007
Dec 31, 2000	11,405	52,782	8,177
Dec 31, 2001	11,828	54,453	8,351
Dec 31, 2002	12,380	56,170	8,529
Dec 31, 2003	12,829	57,860	8,711
Dec 31, 2004	13,178	59,599	8,895
Dec 31, 2005	13,540	61,474	9,081
Dec 31, 2006	13,917	63,479	9,268
Dec 31, 2007	14,309	65,590	9,457
Dec 31, 2008	14,722	67,800	9,647
Dec 31, 2009	15,152	70,114	9,836
Dec 31, 2010	15,600	72,550	10,024
Dec 31, 2011	16,064	75,138	10,211
Dec 31, 2012	16,563	77,792	10,397
Dec 31, 2013	17,072	80,534	10,581
Dec 31, 2014	17,575	83,368	10,763
Dec 31, 2015	18,094	86,229	10,942
Dec 31, 2016	18,621	89,193	11,118
Dec 31, 2017	19,157	92,209	11,289
Dec 31, 2018	19,698	95,232	11,456
Dec 31, 2019	20,242	98,320	11,621
Dec 31, 2020	20,788	101,499	11,775
Dec 31, 2021	21,336	104,767	11,917
Dec 31, 2022	21,889	108,171	12,060

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

Bolivia

1846-1950: Herranz-Loncán, A. and Peres-Cajías (2016). “Bolivian GDP per capita since the mid-nineteenth century” Cliometrica 10: 99-128

No separate list is published for Burkina Faso, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.