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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	Lesotho	Burkina Faso	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	1,908	11,075	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	1,916	11,405	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	1,922	11,828	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	1,926	12,380	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	1,926	12,829	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	1,925	13,178	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	1,922	13,540	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	1,919	13,917	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	1,917	14,309	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	1,915	14,722	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	1,916	15,152	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	1,920	15,600	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	1,925	16,064	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	1,930	16,563	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	1,936	17,072	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	1,942	17,575	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	1,948	18,094	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	1,953	18,621	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	1,958	19,157	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	1,962	19,698	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	1,987	20,242	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	2,013	20,788	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	2,037	21,336	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	2,059	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 Lesotho, Burkina Faso, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.