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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Chad	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	7,559	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	7,821	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	8,092	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	8,395	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	8,763	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	9,191	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	9,594	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	9,967	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	10,338	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	10,728	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	11,139	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	11,550	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	11,983	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	12,427	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	12,895	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	13,379	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	13,823	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	14,277	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	14,765	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	15,252	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	15,750	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	16,257	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	16,776	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	17,307	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, Chad, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.