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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Burkina Faso	Côte d’Ivoire	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	11,075	17,106	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	11,405	17,552	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	11,828	18,010	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	12,380	18,438	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	12,829	18,895	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	13,178	19,432	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	13,540	19,968	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	13,917	20,512	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	14,309	21,097	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	14,722	21,699	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	15,152	22,285	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	15,600	22,845	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	16,064	23,343	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	16,563	23,879	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	17,072	24,492	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	17,575	25,104	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	18,094	25,719	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	18,621	26,348	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	19,157	26,984	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	19,698	27,614	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	20,242	28,252	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	20,788	28,895	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	21,336	29,546	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	21,889	30,279	108,171

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, Côte d’Ivoire, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.