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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Kuwait	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	1,926	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	1,982	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	2,038	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	2,094	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	2,151	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	2,208	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	2,268	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	2,329	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	2,388	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	2,446	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	2,502	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	2,556	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	2,609	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	2,660	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	2,710	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	2,757	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	2,804	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	2,848	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	2,891	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	2,933	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	2,972	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	3,011	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	3,048	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	3,061	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, Kuwait, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.