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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Brazzaville	Laos	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	2,886	5,286	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	2,999	5,397	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	3,113	5,499	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	3,181	5,578	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	3,274	5,654	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	3,400	5,746	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	3,543	5,836	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	3,702	5,931	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	3,859	6,035	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	3,989	6,145	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	4,146	6,257	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	4,324	6,368	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	4,468	6,477	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	4,581	6,586	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	4,667	6,695	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	4,757	6,804	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	4,851	6,912	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	4,951	7,019	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	5,055	7,127	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	5,164	7,234	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	5,279	7,343	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	5,400	7,452	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	5,527	7,560	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	5,655	7,666	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, Laos, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.