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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	Lesotho
Dec 31, 1999	11,075	1,908
Dec 31, 2000	11,405	1,916
Dec 31, 2001	11,828	1,922
Dec 31, 2002	12,380	1,926
Dec 31, 2003	12,829	1,926
Dec 31, 2004	13,178	1,925
Dec 31, 2005	13,540	1,922
Dec 31, 2006	13,917	1,919
Dec 31, 2007	14,309	1,917
Dec 31, 2008	14,722	1,915
Dec 31, 2009	15,152	1,916
Dec 31, 2010	15,600	1,920
Dec 31, 2011	16,064	1,925
Dec 31, 2012	16,563	1,930
Dec 31, 2013	17,072	1,936
Dec 31, 2014	17,575	1,942
Dec 31, 2015	18,094	1,948
Dec 31, 2016	18,621	1,953
Dec 31, 2017	19,157	1,958
Dec 31, 2018	19,698	1,962
Dec 31, 2019	20,242	1,987
Dec 31, 2020	20,788	2,013
Dec 31, 2021	21,336	2,037
Dec 31, 2022	21,889	2,059

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, Lesotho; the database as a whole is cited above.