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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	United Arab Emirates
Dec 31, 1999	2,886	11,075	3,101
Dec 31, 2000	2,999	11,405	3,284
Dec 31, 2001	3,113	11,828	3,458
Dec 31, 2002	3,181	12,380	3,613
Dec 31, 2003	3,274	12,829	3,754
Dec 31, 2004	3,400	13,178	3,882
Dec 31, 2005	3,543	13,540	4,000
Dec 31, 2006	3,702	13,917	4,532
Dec 31, 2007	3,859	14,309	5,623
Dec 31, 2008	3,989	14,722	7,277
Dec 31, 2009	4,146	15,152	8,164
Dec 31, 2010	4,324	15,600	8,152
Dec 31, 2011	4,468	16,064	8,438
Dec 31, 2012	4,581	16,563	8,747
Dec 31, 2013	4,667	17,072	9,077
Dec 31, 2014	4,757	17,575	9,321
Dec 31, 2015	4,851	18,094	9,461
Dec 31, 2016	4,951	18,621	9,587
Dec 31, 2017	5,055	19,157	9,699
Dec 31, 2018	5,164	19,698	9,796
Dec 31, 2019	5,279	20,242	9,879
Dec 31, 2020	5,400	20,788	9,953
Dec 31, 2021	5,527	21,336	10,018
Dec 31, 2022	5,655	21,889	10,099

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, United Arab Emirates; the database as a whole is cited above.