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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Benin	Burkina Faso	Burundi
Dec 31, 1999	6,461	11,075	6,128
Dec 31, 2000	6,677	11,405	6,282
Dec 31, 2001	6,902	11,828	6,466
Dec 31, 2002	7,130	12,380	6,670
Dec 31, 2003	7,360	12,829	6,897
Dec 31, 2004	7,589	13,178	7,167
Dec 31, 2005	7,838	13,540	7,439
Dec 31, 2006	8,089	13,917	7,709
Dec 31, 2007	8,335	14,309	7,991
Dec 31, 2008	8,603	14,722	8,318
Dec 31, 2009	8,884	15,152	8,741
Dec 31, 2010	9,179	15,600	9,140
Dec 31, 2011	9,486	16,064	9,440
Dec 31, 2012	9,805	16,563	9,748
Dec 31, 2013	10,135	17,072	10,069
Dec 31, 2014	10,480	17,575	10,380
Dec 31, 2015	10,842	18,094	10,577
Dec 31, 2016	11,220	18,621	10,721
Dec 31, 2017	11,613	19,157	10,955
Dec 31, 2018	12,018	19,698	11,229
Dec 31, 2019	12,370	20,242	11,602
Dec 31, 2020	12,725	20,788	11,987
Dec 31, 2021	13,081	21,336	12,384
Dec 31, 2022	13,439	21,889	12,795

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 Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi; the database as a whole is cited above.