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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	Congo - Brazzaville	Burkina Faso	Moldova
Dec 31, 1999	2,886	11,075	4,244
Dec 31, 2000	2,999	11,405	4,199
Dec 31, 2001	3,113	11,828	4,154
Dec 31, 2002	3,181	12,380	4,108
Dec 31, 2003	3,274	12,829	4,059
Dec 31, 2004	3,400	13,178	4,013
Dec 31, 2005	3,543	13,540	3,966
Dec 31, 2006	3,702	13,917	3,919
Dec 31, 2007	3,859	14,309	3,873
Dec 31, 2008	3,989	14,722	3,829
Dec 31, 2009	4,146	15,152	3,788
Dec 31, 2010	4,324	15,600	3,748
Dec 31, 2011	4,468	16,064	3,709
Dec 31, 2012	4,581	16,563	3,671
Dec 31, 2013	4,667	17,072	3,633
Dec 31, 2014	4,757	17,575	3,595
Dec 31, 2015	4,851	18,094	3,558
Dec 31, 2016	4,951	18,621	3,522
Dec 31, 2017	5,055	19,157	3,485
Dec 31, 2018	5,164	19,698	3,448
Dec 31, 2019	5,279	20,242	3,412
Dec 31, 2020	5,400	20,788	3,376
Dec 31, 2021	5,527	21,336	3,339
Dec 31, 2022	5,655	21,889	3,570

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, Moldova; the database as a whole is cited above.