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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 FasoSt. LuciaCongo - Kinshasa
11,07515251,181
11,40515352,782
11,82815454,453
12,38015556,170
12,82915657,860
13,17815759,599
13,54015761,474
13,91715863,479
14,30915965,590
14,72216067,800
15,15216070,114
15,60016172,550
16,06416275,138
16,56316277,792
17,07216380,534
17,57516383,368
18,09416486,229
18,62116489,193
19,15716592,209
19,69816695,232
20,24216698,320
20,788167101,499
21,336167104,767
21,889167108,171

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