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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date Congo - KinshasaCentral African RepublicBurkina Faso
51,1813,88911,075
52,7823,98011,405
54,4534,05411,828
56,1704,12812,380
57,8604,21512,829
59,5994,28913,178
61,4744,36313,540
63,4794,44913,917
65,5904,54414,309
67,8004,64114,722
70,1144,74215,152
72,5504,84515,600
75,1384,95016,064
77,7925,05716,563
80,5345,16717,072
83,3685,27817,575
86,2295,39218,094
89,1935,50718,621
92,2095,62519,157
95,2325,74519,698
98,3205,87420,242
101,4996,02520,788
104,7676,15421,336
108,1716,29121,889

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, Central African Republic, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.