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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	Mali
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	11,075	10,596
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	11,405	10,833
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	11,828	10,890
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	12,380	11,007
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	12,829	11,307
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	13,178	11,579
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	13,540	11,804
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	13,917	12,043
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	14,309	12,337
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	14,722	12,657
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	15,152	12,986
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	15,600	13,325
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	16,064	13,679
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	16,563	14,040
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	17,072	14,412
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	17,575	14,803
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	18,094	15,210
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	18,621	15,629
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	19,157	16,060
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	19,698	16,507
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	20,242	16,967
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	20,788	17,442
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	21,336	17,930
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	21,889	18,494

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, Mali; the database as a whole is cited above.