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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Central African Republic	Burkina Faso	Guinea-Bissau
Dec 31, 1999	3,889	11,075	1,183
Dec 31, 2000	3,980	11,405	1,208
Dec 31, 2001	4,054	11,828	1,233
Dec 31, 2002	4,128	12,380	1,260
Dec 31, 2003	4,215	12,829	1,288
Dec 31, 2004	4,289	13,178	1,317
Dec 31, 2005	4,363	13,540	1,348
Dec 31, 2006	4,449	13,917	1,379
Dec 31, 2007	4,544	14,309	1,412
Dec 31, 2008	4,641	14,722	1,446
Dec 31, 2009	4,742	15,152	1,481
Dec 31, 2010	4,845	15,600	1,516
Dec 31, 2011	4,950	16,064	1,551
Dec 31, 2012	5,057	16,563	1,587
Dec 31, 2013	5,167	17,072	1,624
Dec 31, 2014	5,278	17,575	1,663
Dec 31, 2015	5,392	18,094	1,703
Dec 31, 2016	5,507	18,621	1,745
Dec 31, 2017	5,625	19,157	1,789
Dec 31, 2018	5,745	19,698	1,833
Dec 31, 2019	5,874	20,242	1,877
Dec 31, 2020	6,025	20,788	1,920
Dec 31, 2021	6,154	21,336	1,963
Dec 31, 2022	6,291	21,889	2,005

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