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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	6,461	51,181	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	6,677	52,782	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	6,902	54,453	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	7,130	56,170	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	7,360	57,860	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	7,589	59,599	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	7,838	61,474	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	8,089	63,479	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	8,335	65,590	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	8,603	67,800	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	8,884	70,114	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	9,179	72,550	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	9,486	75,138	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	9,805	77,792	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	10,135	80,534	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	10,480	83,368	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	10,842	86,229	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	11,220	89,193	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	11,613	92,209	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	12,018	95,232	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	12,370	98,320	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	12,725	101,499	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	13,081	104,767	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	13,439	108,171	21,889

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 Benin, Congo - Kinshasa, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.