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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Côte d’Ivoire	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	17,106	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	17,552	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	18,010	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	18,438	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	18,895	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	19,432	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	19,968	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	20,512	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	21,097	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	21,699	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	22,285	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	22,845	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	23,343	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	23,879	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	24,492	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	25,104	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	25,719	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	26,348	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	26,984	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	27,614	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	28,252	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	28,895	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	29,546	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	30,279	21,889

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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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, Côte d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.