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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date Burkina FasoDjiboutiCongo - Kinshasa
11,07564651,181
11,40566952,782
11,82869354,453
12,38071656,170
12,82969157,860
13,17865759,599
13,54066661,474
13,91767963,479
14,30969465,590
14,72270967,800
15,15272570,114
15,60074172,550
16,06475775,138
16,56377477,792
17,07279280,534
17,57581083,368
18,09482886,229
18,62184789,193
19,15786592,209
19,69888495,232
20,24289898,320
20,788912101,499
21,336924104,767
21,889937108,171

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, Djibouti, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.