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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 FasoMoldovaCongo - Kinshasa
11,0754,24451,181
11,4054,19952,782
11,8284,15454,453
12,3804,10856,170
12,8294,05957,860
13,1784,01359,599
13,5403,96661,474
13,9173,91963,479
14,3093,87365,590
14,7223,82967,800
15,1523,78870,114
15,6003,74872,550
16,0643,70975,138
16,5633,67177,792
17,0723,63380,534
17,5753,59583,368
18,0943,55886,229
18,6213,52289,193
19,1573,48592,209
19,6983,44895,232
20,2423,41298,320
20,7883,376101,499
21,3363,339104,767
21,8893,570108,171

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