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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Central African Republic	Burkina Faso	Congo - Brazzaville
Dec 31, 1999	3,889	11,075	2,886
Dec 31, 2000	3,980	11,405	2,999
Dec 31, 2001	4,054	11,828	3,113
Dec 31, 2002	4,128	12,380	3,181
Dec 31, 2003	4,215	12,829	3,274
Dec 31, 2004	4,289	13,178	3,400
Dec 31, 2005	4,363	13,540	3,543
Dec 31, 2006	4,449	13,917	3,702
Dec 31, 2007	4,544	14,309	3,859
Dec 31, 2008	4,641	14,722	3,989
Dec 31, 2009	4,742	15,152	4,146
Dec 31, 2010	4,845	15,600	4,324
Dec 31, 2011	4,950	16,064	4,468
Dec 31, 2012	5,057	16,563	4,581
Dec 31, 2013	5,167	17,072	4,667
Dec 31, 2014	5,278	17,575	4,757
Dec 31, 2015	5,392	18,094	4,851
Dec 31, 2016	5,507	18,621	4,951
Dec 31, 2017	5,625	19,157	5,055
Dec 31, 2018	5,745	19,698	5,164
Dec 31, 2019	5,874	20,242	5,279
Dec 31, 2020	6,025	20,788	5,400
Dec 31, 2021	6,154	21,336	5,527
Dec 31, 2022	6,291	21,889	5,655

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 Central African Republic, Burkina Faso, Congo - Brazzaville; the database as a whole is cited above.