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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Brazzaville	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	2,886	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	2,999	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	3,113	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	3,181	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	3,274	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	3,400	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	3,543	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	3,702	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	3,859	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	3,989	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	4,146	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	4,324	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	4,468	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	4,581	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	4,667	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	4,757	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	4,851	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	4,951	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	5,055	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	5,164	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	5,279	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	5,400	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	5,527	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	5,655	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 - Brazzaville, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.