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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	Gabon	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	11,075	1,143	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	11,405	1,179	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	11,828	1,207	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	12,380	1,234	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	12,829	1,262	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	13,178	1,297	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	13,540	1,340	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	13,917	1,384	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	14,309	1,434	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	14,722	1,487	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	15,152	1,542	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	15,600	1,600	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	16,064	1,656	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	16,563	1,714	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	17,072	1,778	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	17,575	1,843	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	18,094	1,905	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	18,621	1,966	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	19,157	2,025	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	19,698	2,083	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	20,242	2,139	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	20,788	2,193	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	21,336	2,246	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	21,889	2,292	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, Gabon, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.