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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 FasoSudanCongo - Kinshasa
11,07526,16851,181
11,40526,77152,782
11,82827,38754,453
12,38028,01756,170
12,82928,66257,860
13,17829,32159,599
13,54029,99661,474
13,91730,68663,479
14,30931,39365,590
14,72232,13767,800
15,15233,07870,114
15,60033,89172,550
16,06434,56875,138
16,56335,29377,792
17,07236,09380,534
17,57537,05883,368
18,09438,16586,229
18,62139,29489,193
19,15740,51292,209
19,69841,76495,232
20,24242,95298,320
20,78844,121101,499
21,33645,290104,767
21,88946,498108,171

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