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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 FasoDominicaCongo - Kinshasa
11,0757051,181
11,4057152,782
11,8287154,453
12,3807256,170
12,8297257,860
13,1787259,599
13,5407261,474
13,9177263,479
14,3097265,590
14,7227367,800
15,1527370,114
15,6007372,550
16,0647375,138
16,5637377,792
17,0727380,534
17,5757383,368
18,0947486,229
18,6217489,193
19,1577492,209
19,6987495,232
20,2427598,320
20,78875101,499
21,33676104,767
21,88976108,171

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