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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Ghana	Congo - Kinshasa	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	19,327	51,181	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	19,792	52,782	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	20,280	54,453	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	20,806	56,170	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	21,350	57,860	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	21,900	59,599	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	22,469	61,474	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	23,058	63,479	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	23,661	65,590	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	24,270	67,800	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	24,899	70,114	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	25,559	72,550	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	26,244	75,138	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	26,945	77,792	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	27,664	80,534	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	28,405	83,368	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	29,146	86,229	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	29,879	89,193	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	30,617	92,209	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	31,362	95,232	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	32,111	98,320	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	32,864	101,499	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	33,622	104,767	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	34,280	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

Ghana

1885-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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