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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Chile	Congo - Kinshasa	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	15,140	51,181	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	15,340	52,782	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	15,513	54,453	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	15,686	56,170	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	15,859	57,860	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	16,029	59,599	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	16,222	61,474	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	16,364	63,479	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	16,536	65,590	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	16,700	67,800	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	16,864	70,114	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	16,999	72,550	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	17,189	75,138	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	17,378	77,792	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	17,545	80,534	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	17,720	83,368	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	17,904	86,229	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	18,099	89,193	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	18,350	92,209	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	18,681	95,232	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	19,035	98,320	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	19,385	101,499	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	19,604	104,767	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	19,715	108,171	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

Chile

1810–2004: Díaz, J.B. Lüders, R. and Wagner, G. (2007) Economia Chilena 1810 - 2000, Producto total y sectorial una nueva mirada, Pontificia universidad Catolica de Chile, Insituto de Economia, Documeno de Trabajo no. 315

No separate list is published for Congo - Kinshasa, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.