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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Burkina Faso	Congo - Brazzaville
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	11,075	2,886
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	11,405	2,999
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	11,828	3,113
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	12,380	3,181
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	12,829	3,274
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	13,178	3,400
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	13,540	3,543
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	13,917	3,702
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	14,309	3,859
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	14,722	3,989
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	15,152	4,146
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	15,600	4,324
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	16,064	4,468
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	16,563	4,581
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	17,072	4,667
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	17,575	4,757
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	18,094	4,851
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	18,621	4,951
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	19,157	5,055
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	19,698	5,164
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	20,242	5,279
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	20,788	5,400
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	21,336	5,527
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	21,889	5,655

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