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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	Pakistan
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	11,075	141,497
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	11,405	145,759
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	11,828	150,448
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	12,380	154,585
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	12,829	158,209
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	13,178	161,556
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	13,540	165,075
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	13,917	168,846
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	14,309	172,882
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	14,722	176,809
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	15,152	180,690
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	15,600	184,989
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	16,064	189,314
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	16,563	193,569
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	17,072	197,994
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	17,575	202,387
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	18,094	206,716
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	18,621	210,929
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	19,157	215,276
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	19,698	219,927
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	20,242	224,604
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	20,788	229,276
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	21,336	233,942
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	21,889	238,413

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