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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Costa Rica	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	3,785	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	3,867	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	3,951	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	4,021	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	4,079	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	4,145	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	4,212	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	4,278	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	4,338	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	4,400	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	4,467	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	4,544	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	4,587	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	4,648	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	4,707	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	4,768	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	4,827	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	4,885	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	4,942	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	4,998	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	5,052	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	5,105	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	5,158	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	5,185	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, Costa Rica, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.