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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Burkina Faso	Congo - Kinshasa	Botswana
Dec 31, 1999	11,075	51,181	1,630
Dec 31, 2000	11,405	52,782	1,665
Dec 31, 2001	11,828	54,453	1,698
Dec 31, 2002	12,380	56,170	1,730
Dec 31, 2003	12,829	57,860	1,761
Dec 31, 2004	13,178	59,599	1,792
Dec 31, 2005	13,540	61,474	1,824
Dec 31, 2006	13,917	63,479	1,857
Dec 31, 2007	14,309	65,590	1,890
Dec 31, 2008	14,722	67,800	1,923
Dec 31, 2009	15,152	70,114	1,956
Dec 31, 2010	15,600	72,550	1,990
Dec 31, 2011	16,064	75,138	2,023
Dec 31, 2012	16,563	77,792	2,057
Dec 31, 2013	17,072	80,534	2,091
Dec 31, 2014	17,575	83,368	2,125
Dec 31, 2015	18,094	86,229	2,159
Dec 31, 2016	18,621	89,193	2,194
Dec 31, 2017	19,157	92,209	2,228
Dec 31, 2018	19,698	95,232	2,262
Dec 31, 2019	20,242	98,320	2,297
Dec 31, 2020	20,788	101,499	2,331
Dec 31, 2021	21,336	104,767	2,365
Dec 31, 2022	21,889	108,171	2,403

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