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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	Cape Verde	Burkina Faso	Albania	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	422	11,075	3,085	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	430	11,405	3,065	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	438	11,828	3,047	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	447	12,380	3,038	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	455	12,829	3,026	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	463	13,178	3,014	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	471	13,540	2,998	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	478	13,917	2,979	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	486	14,309	2,957	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	494	14,722	2,934	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	501	15,152	2,915	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	509	15,600	2,900	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	516	16,064	2,892	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	524	16,563	2,888	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	531	17,072	2,882	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	539	17,575	2,876	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	546	18,094	2,868	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	553	18,621	2,863	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	562	19,157	2,861	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	568	19,698	2,854	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	574	20,242	2,842	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	580	20,788	2,825	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	585	21,336	2,799	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	590	21,889	2,787	108,171

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.

All data sources

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 Cape Verde, Burkina Faso, Albania, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.