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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Burkina Faso	Congo - Kinshasa	Malawi
Dec 31, 1999	11,075	51,181	11,310
Dec 31, 2000	11,405	52,782	11,658
Dec 31, 2001	11,828	54,453	12,020
Dec 31, 2002	12,380	56,170	12,395
Dec 31, 2003	12,829	57,860	12,786
Dec 31, 2004	13,178	59,599	13,196
Dec 31, 2005	13,540	61,474	13,625
Dec 31, 2006	13,917	63,479	14,072
Dec 31, 2007	14,309	65,590	14,539
Dec 31, 2008	14,722	67,800	15,026
Dec 31, 2009	15,152	70,114	15,525
Dec 31, 2010	15,600	72,550	16,028
Dec 31, 2011	16,064	75,138	16,534
Dec 31, 2012	16,563	77,792	17,042
Dec 31, 2013	17,072	80,534	17,551
Dec 31, 2014	17,575	83,368	18,060
Dec 31, 2015	18,094	86,229	18,571
Dec 31, 2016	18,621	89,193	19,086
Dec 31, 2017	19,157	92,209	19,603
Dec 31, 2018	19,698	95,232	20,122
Dec 31, 2019	20,242	98,320	20,640
Dec 31, 2020	20,788	101,499	21,159
Dec 31, 2021	21,336	104,767	21,677
Dec 31, 2022	21,889	108,171	22,239

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

Malawi

1904-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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