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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 - Brazzaville
Dec 31, 1999	1,908	11,075	2,886
Dec 31, 2000	1,916	11,405	2,999
Dec 31, 2001	1,922	11,828	3,113
Dec 31, 2002	1,926	12,380	3,181
Dec 31, 2003	1,926	12,829	3,274
Dec 31, 2004	1,925	13,178	3,400
Dec 31, 2005	1,922	13,540	3,543
Dec 31, 2006	1,919	13,917	3,702
Dec 31, 2007	1,917	14,309	3,859
Dec 31, 2008	1,915	14,722	3,989
Dec 31, 2009	1,916	15,152	4,146
Dec 31, 2010	1,920	15,600	4,324
Dec 31, 2011	1,925	16,064	4,468
Dec 31, 2012	1,930	16,563	4,581
Dec 31, 2013	1,936	17,072	4,667
Dec 31, 2014	1,942	17,575	4,757
Dec 31, 2015	1,948	18,094	4,851
Dec 31, 2016	1,953	18,621	4,951
Dec 31, 2017	1,958	19,157	5,055
Dec 31, 2018	1,962	19,698	5,164
Dec 31, 2019	1,987	20,242	5,279
Dec 31, 2020	2,013	20,788	5,400
Dec 31, 2021	2,037	21,336	5,527
Dec 31, 2022	2,059	21,889	5,655

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 Lesotho, Burkina Faso, Congo - Brazzaville; the database as a whole is cited above.