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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	Niger
Dec 31, 1999	11,075	51,181	10,424
Dec 31, 2000	11,405	52,782	10,785
Dec 31, 2001	11,828	54,453	11,170
Dec 31, 2002	12,380	56,170	11,580
Dec 31, 2003	12,829	57,860	12,015
Dec 31, 2004	13,178	59,599	12,472
Dec 31, 2005	13,540	61,474	12,954
Dec 31, 2006	13,917	63,479	13,459
Dec 31, 2007	14,309	65,590	13,986
Dec 31, 2008	14,722	67,800	14,532
Dec 31, 2009	15,152	70,114	15,092
Dec 31, 2010	15,600	72,550	15,669
Dec 31, 2011	16,064	75,138	16,263
Dec 31, 2012	16,563	77,792	16,903
Dec 31, 2013	17,072	80,534	17,569
Dec 31, 2014	17,575	83,368	18,242
Dec 31, 2015	18,094	86,229	18,957
Dec 31, 2016	18,621	89,193	19,708
Dec 31, 2017	19,157	92,209	20,462
Dec 31, 2018	19,698	95,232	21,228
Dec 31, 2019	20,242	98,320	22,023
Dec 31, 2020	20,788	101,499	22,842
Dec 31, 2021	21,336	104,767	23,691
Dec 31, 2022	21,889	108,171	24,587

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