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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Burkina Faso	Sierra Leone
Dec 31, 1999	11,075	3,736
Dec 31, 2000	11,405	3,809
Dec 31, 2001	11,828	4,043
Dec 31, 2002	12,380	4,287
Dec 31, 2003	12,829	4,466
Dec 31, 2004	13,178	4,602
Dec 31, 2005	13,540	4,708
Dec 31, 2006	13,917	4,818
Dec 31, 2007	14,309	4,918
Dec 31, 2008	14,722	5,023
Dec 31, 2009	15,152	5,132
Dec 31, 2010	15,600	5,246
Dec 31, 2011	16,064	5,364
Dec 31, 2012	16,563	5,486
Dec 31, 2013	17,072	5,613
Dec 31, 2014	17,575	5,744
Dec 31, 2015	18,094	5,879
Dec 31, 2016	18,621	6,019
Dec 31, 2017	19,157	6,163
Dec 31, 2018	19,698	6,312
Dec 31, 2019	20,242	6,461
Dec 31, 2020	20,788	6,611
Dec 31, 2021	21,336	6,761
Dec 31, 2022	21,889	6,910

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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Original sources of these estimates

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, Sierra Leone; the database as a whole is cited above.