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

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, Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.