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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 FasoParaguayCongo - Kinshasa
11,0755,36651,181
11,4055,47352,782
11,8285,57954,453
12,3805,68356,170
12,8295,78657,860
13,1785,88659,599
13,5405,98461,474
13,9176,08063,479
14,3096,17365,590
14,7226,26467,800
15,1526,35270,114
15,6006,43872,550
16,0646,52275,138
16,5636,60577,792
17,0726,68880,534
17,5756,76983,368
18,0946,85086,229
18,6216,93089,193
19,1577,01292,209
19,6987,09595,232
20,2427,17998,320
20,7887,263101,499
21,3367,348104,767
21,8897,432108,171

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