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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	Gabon
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	11,075	1,143
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	11,405	1,179
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	11,828	1,207
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	12,380	1,234
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	12,829	1,262
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	13,178	1,297
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	13,540	1,340
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	13,917	1,384
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	14,309	1,434
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	14,722	1,487
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	15,152	1,542
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	15,600	1,600
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	16,064	1,656
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	16,563	1,714
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	17,072	1,778
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	17,575	1,843
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	18,094	1,905
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	18,621	1,966
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	19,157	2,025
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	19,698	2,083
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	20,242	2,139
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	20,788	2,193
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	21,336	2,246
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	21,889	2,292

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