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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Burkina Faso	Central African Republic	Cape Verde
Dec 31, 1999	11,075	3,889	422
Dec 31, 2000	11,405	3,980	430
Dec 31, 2001	11,828	4,054	438
Dec 31, 2002	12,380	4,128	447
Dec 31, 2003	12,829	4,215	455
Dec 31, 2004	13,178	4,289	463
Dec 31, 2005	13,540	4,363	471
Dec 31, 2006	13,917	4,449	478
Dec 31, 2007	14,309	4,544	486
Dec 31, 2008	14,722	4,641	494
Dec 31, 2009	15,152	4,742	501
Dec 31, 2010	15,600	4,845	509
Dec 31, 2011	16,064	4,950	516
Dec 31, 2012	16,563	5,057	524
Dec 31, 2013	17,072	5,167	531
Dec 31, 2014	17,575	5,278	539
Dec 31, 2015	18,094	5,392	546
Dec 31, 2016	18,621	5,507	553
Dec 31, 2017	19,157	5,625	562
Dec 31, 2018	19,698	5,745	568
Dec 31, 2019	20,242	5,874	574
Dec 31, 2020	20,788	6,025	580
Dec 31, 2021	21,336	6,154	585
Dec 31, 2022	21,889	6,291	590

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, Central African Republic, Cape Verde; the database as a whole is cited above.