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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	Sudan
Dec 31, 1999	11,075	51,181	26,168
Dec 31, 2000	11,405	52,782	26,771
Dec 31, 2001	11,828	54,453	27,387
Dec 31, 2002	12,380	56,170	28,017
Dec 31, 2003	12,829	57,860	28,662
Dec 31, 2004	13,178	59,599	29,321
Dec 31, 2005	13,540	61,474	29,996
Dec 31, 2006	13,917	63,479	30,686
Dec 31, 2007	14,309	65,590	31,393
Dec 31, 2008	14,722	67,800	32,137
Dec 31, 2009	15,152	70,114	33,078
Dec 31, 2010	15,600	72,550	33,891
Dec 31, 2011	16,064	75,138	34,568
Dec 31, 2012	16,563	77,792	35,293
Dec 31, 2013	17,072	80,534	36,093
Dec 31, 2014	17,575	83,368	37,058
Dec 31, 2015	18,094	86,229	38,165
Dec 31, 2016	18,621	89,193	39,294
Dec 31, 2017	19,157	92,209	40,512
Dec 31, 2018	19,698	95,232	41,764
Dec 31, 2019	20,242	98,320	42,952
Dec 31, 2020	20,788	101,499	44,121
Dec 31, 2021	21,336	104,767	45,290
Dec 31, 2022	21,889	108,171	46,498

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