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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 - KinshasaGambiaBurkina Faso
51,1811,32011,075
52,7821,35711,405
54,4531,39311,828
56,1701,43112,380
57,8601,46912,829
59,5991,50813,178
61,4741,54813,540
63,4791,58913,917
65,5901,63014,309
67,8001,67114,722
70,1141,71315,152
72,5501,75515,600
75,1381,79816,064
77,7921,84016,563
80,5341,88317,072
83,3681,92617,575
86,2291,96818,094
89,1932,01018,621
92,2092,05119,157
95,2322,09319,698
98,3202,14720,242
101,4992,20320,788
104,7672,26021,336
108,1712,31621,889

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, Gambia, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.