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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	Palestinian Territories
Dec 31, 1999	2,886	11,075	2,996
Dec 31, 2000	2,999	11,405	3,075
Dec 31, 2001	3,113	11,828	3,155
Dec 31, 2002	3,181	12,380	3,235
Dec 31, 2003	3,274	12,829	3,315
Dec 31, 2004	3,400	13,178	3,396
Dec 31, 2005	3,543	13,540	3,478
Dec 31, 2006	3,702	13,917	3,559
Dec 31, 2007	3,859	14,309	3,642
Dec 31, 2008	3,989	14,722	3,727
Dec 31, 2009	4,146	15,152	3,817
Dec 31, 2010	4,324	15,600	3,907
Dec 31, 2011	4,468	16,064	3,997
Dec 31, 2012	4,581	16,563	4,088
Dec 31, 2013	4,667	17,072	4,178
Dec 31, 2014	4,757	17,575	4,269
Dec 31, 2015	4,851	18,094	4,359
Dec 31, 2016	4,951	18,621	4,451
Dec 31, 2017	5,055	19,157	4,533
Dec 31, 2018	5,164	19,698	4,615
Dec 31, 2019	5,279	20,242	4,715
Dec 31, 2020	5,400	20,788	4,820
Dec 31, 2021	5,527	21,336	4,930
Dec 31, 2022	5,655	21,889	5,042

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, Palestinian Territories; the database as a whole is cited above.