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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Burkina Faso	Kenya	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	11,075	30,192	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	11,405	31,025	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	11,828	31,919	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	12,380	32,865	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	12,829	33,846	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	13,178	34,880	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	13,540	35,961	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	13,917	37,093	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	14,309	38,248	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	14,722	39,441	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	15,152	40,668	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	15,600	41,900	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	16,064	43,198	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	16,563	44,470	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	17,072	45,639	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	17,575	46,808	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	18,094	47,983	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	18,621	49,095	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	19,157	50,201	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	19,698	51,357	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	20,242	52,522	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	20,788	53,691	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	21,336	54,867	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	21,889	55,924	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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Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

Kenya

1904-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

No separate list is published for Burkina Faso, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.