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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	Sri Lanka
Dec 31, 1999	11,075	51,181	19,354
Dec 31, 2000	11,405	52,782	19,610
Dec 31, 2001	11,828	54,453	19,838
Dec 31, 2002	12,380	56,170	20,060
Dec 31, 2003	12,829	57,860	20,297
Dec 31, 2004	13,178	59,599	20,529
Dec 31, 2005	13,540	61,474	20,703
Dec 31, 2006	13,917	63,479	20,917
Dec 31, 2007	14,309	65,590	21,120
Dec 31, 2008	14,722	67,800	21,315
Dec 31, 2009	15,152	70,114	21,503
Dec 31, 2010	15,600	72,550	21,713
Dec 31, 2011	16,064	75,138	21,918
Dec 31, 2012	16,563	77,792	22,120
Dec 31, 2013	17,072	80,534	22,320
Dec 31, 2014	17,575	83,368	22,517
Dec 31, 2015	18,094	86,229	22,711
Dec 31, 2016	18,621	89,193	22,899
Dec 31, 2017	19,157	92,209	23,080
Dec 31, 2018	19,698	95,232	23,254
Dec 31, 2019	20,242	98,320	23,420
Dec 31, 2020	20,788	101,499	23,579
Dec 31, 2021	21,336	104,767	23,732
Dec 31, 2022	21,889	108,171	23,796

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