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