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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Burkina Faso	Hong Kong SAR China
Dec 31, 1999	11,075	6,587
Dec 31, 2000	11,405	6,646
Dec 31, 2001	11,828	6,695
Dec 31, 2002	12,380	6,725
Dec 31, 2003	12,829	6,712
Dec 31, 2004	13,178	6,765
Dec 31, 2005	13,540	6,794
Dec 31, 2006	13,917	6,838
Dec 31, 2007	14,309	6,897
Dec 31, 2008	14,722	6,938
Dec 31, 2009	15,152	6,953
Dec 31, 2010	15,600	7,004
Dec 31, 2011	16,064	7,052
Dec 31, 2012	16,563	7,130
Dec 31, 2013	17,072	7,159
Dec 31, 2014	17,575	7,209
Dec 31, 2015	18,094	7,271
Dec 31, 2016	18,621	7,316
Dec 31, 2017	19,157	7,372
Dec 31, 2018	19,698	7,432
Dec 31, 2019	20,242	7,487
Dec 31, 2020	20,788	7,460
Dec 31, 2021	21,336	7,392
Dec 31, 2022	21,889	7,387

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, Hong Kong SAR China; the database as a whole is cited above.