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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 Congo - KinshasaBurkina Faso
51,18111,075
52,78211,405
54,45311,828
56,17012,380
57,86012,829
59,59913,178
61,47413,540
63,47913,917
65,59014,309
67,80014,722
70,11415,152
72,55015,600
75,13816,064
77,79216,563
80,53417,072
83,36817,575
86,22918,094
89,19318,621
92,20919,157
95,23219,698
98,32020,242
101,49920,788
104,76721,336
108,17121,889

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