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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	Côte d’Ivoire	Burkina Faso	Sudan
Dec 31, 1999	17,106	11,075	26,168
Dec 31, 2000	17,552	11,405	26,771
Dec 31, 2001	18,010	11,828	27,387
Dec 31, 2002	18,438	12,380	28,017
Dec 31, 2003	18,895	12,829	28,662
Dec 31, 2004	19,432	13,178	29,321
Dec 31, 2005	19,968	13,540	29,996
Dec 31, 2006	20,512	13,917	30,686
Dec 31, 2007	21,097	14,309	31,393
Dec 31, 2008	21,699	14,722	32,137
Dec 31, 2009	22,285	15,152	33,078
Dec 31, 2010	22,845	15,600	33,891
Dec 31, 2011	23,343	16,064	34,568
Dec 31, 2012	23,879	16,563	35,293
Dec 31, 2013	24,492	17,072	36,093
Dec 31, 2014	25,104	17,575	37,058
Dec 31, 2015	25,719	18,094	38,165
Dec 31, 2016	26,348	18,621	39,294
Dec 31, 2017	26,984	19,157	40,512
Dec 31, 2018	27,614	19,698	41,764
Dec 31, 2019	28,252	20,242	42,952
Dec 31, 2020	28,895	20,788	44,121
Dec 31, 2021	29,546	21,336	45,290
Dec 31, 2022	30,279	21,889	46,498

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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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 Côte d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Sudan; the database as a whole is cited above.