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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	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	11,075	51,181	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	11,405	52,782	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	11,828	54,453	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	12,380	56,170	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	12,829	57,860	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	13,178	59,599	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	13,540	61,474	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	13,917	63,479	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	14,309	65,590	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	14,722	67,800	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	15,152	70,114	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	15,600	72,550	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	16,064	75,138	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	16,563	77,792	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	17,072	80,534	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	17,575	83,368	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	18,094	86,229	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	18,621	89,193	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	19,157	92,209	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	19,698	95,232	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	20,242	98,320	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	20,788	101,499	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	21,336	104,767	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	21,889	108,171	7,666

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, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.