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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 FasoMadagascarCongo - Kinshasa
11,07515,25951,181
11,40515,70752,782
11,82816,16254,453
12,38016,63156,170
12,82917,11457,860
13,17817,61059,599
13,54018,12061,474
13,91718,64163,479
14,30919,17365,590
14,72219,71767,800
15,15220,27270,114
15,60020,83772,550
16,06421,41375,138
16,56321,99977,792
17,07222,59380,534
17,57523,19683,368
18,09423,80686,229
18,62124,42389,193
19,15725,04492,209
19,69825,67195,232
20,24226,30298,320
20,78826,936101,499
21,33627,573104,767
21,88928,237108,171

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