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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Laos	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	5,286	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	5,397	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	5,499	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	5,578	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	5,654	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	5,746	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	5,836	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	5,931	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	6,035	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	6,145	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	6,257	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	6,368	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	6,477	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	6,586	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	6,695	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	6,804	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	6,912	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	7,019	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	7,127	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	7,234	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	7,343	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	7,452	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	7,560	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	7,666	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, Laos, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.