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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	Estonia	Burkina Faso	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	1,378	11,075	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	1,400	11,405	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	1,391	11,828	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	1,382	12,380	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	1,374	12,829	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	1,365	13,178	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	1,357	13,540	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	1,349	13,917	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	1,341	14,309	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	1,337	14,722	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	1,334	15,152	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	1,332	15,600	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	1,328	16,064	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	1,324	16,563	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	1,319	17,072	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	1,314	17,575	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	1,312	18,094	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	1,314	18,621	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	1,314	19,157	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	1,318	19,698	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	1,323	20,242	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	1,327	20,788	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	1,329	21,336	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	1,330	21,889	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.

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