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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	Yemen
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	11,075	16,728
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	11,405	17,236
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	11,828	17,762
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	12,380	18,310
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	12,829	18,855
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	13,178	19,410
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	13,540	20,000
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	13,917	20,611
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	14,309	21,236
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	14,722	21,878
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	15,152	22,533
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	15,600	23,195
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	16,064	23,880
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	16,563	24,594
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	17,072	25,311
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	17,575	26,020
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	18,094	26,698
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	18,621	27,347
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	19,157	27,985
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	19,698	28,608
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	20,242	29,216
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	20,788	29,811
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	21,336	30,399
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	21,889	31,058

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