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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Burkina Faso	Mongolia	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	11,075	2,433	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	11,405	2,461	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	11,828	2,489	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	12,380	2,519	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	12,829	2,547	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	13,178	2,574	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	13,540	2,602	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	13,917	2,633	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	14,309	2,666	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	14,722	2,702	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	15,152	2,741	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	15,600	2,783	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	16,064	2,827	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	16,563	2,870	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	17,072	2,912	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	17,575	2,953	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	18,094	2,993	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	18,621	3,031	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	19,157	3,068	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	19,698	3,103	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	20,242	3,171	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	20,788	3,231	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	21,336	3,284	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	21,889	3,333	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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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, Mongolia, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.