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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	Central African Republic
Dec 31, 1999	422	11,075	3,889
Dec 31, 2000	430	11,405	3,980
Dec 31, 2001	438	11,828	4,054
Dec 31, 2002	447	12,380	4,128
Dec 31, 2003	455	12,829	4,215
Dec 31, 2004	463	13,178	4,289
Dec 31, 2005	471	13,540	4,363
Dec 31, 2006	478	13,917	4,449
Dec 31, 2007	486	14,309	4,544
Dec 31, 2008	494	14,722	4,641
Dec 31, 2009	501	15,152	4,742
Dec 31, 2010	509	15,600	4,845
Dec 31, 2011	516	16,064	4,950
Dec 31, 2012	524	16,563	5,057
Dec 31, 2013	531	17,072	5,167
Dec 31, 2014	539	17,575	5,278
Dec 31, 2015	546	18,094	5,392
Dec 31, 2016	553	18,621	5,507
Dec 31, 2017	562	19,157	5,625
Dec 31, 2018	568	19,698	5,745
Dec 31, 2019	574	20,242	5,874
Dec 31, 2020	580	20,788	6,025
Dec 31, 2021	585	21,336	6,154
Dec 31, 2022	590	21,889	6,291

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 Cape Verde, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.