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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	Sudan	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	422	26,168	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	430	26,771	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	438	27,387	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	447	28,017	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	455	28,662	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	463	29,321	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	471	29,996	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	478	30,686	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	486	31,393	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	494	32,137	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	501	33,078	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	509	33,891	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	516	34,568	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	524	35,293	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	531	36,093	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	539	37,058	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	546	38,165	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	553	39,294	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	562	40,512	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	568	41,764	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	574	42,952	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	580	44,121	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	585	45,290	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	590	46,498	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 Cape Verde, Sudan, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.