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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	North Macedonia	Congo - Kinshasa	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	2,006	51,181	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	2,017	52,782	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	2,026	54,453	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	2,011	56,170	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	2,018	57,860	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	2,024	59,599	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	2,028	61,474	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	2,031	63,479	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	2,035	65,590	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	2,038	67,800	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	2,042	70,114	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	2,046	72,550	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	2,049	75,138	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	2,052	77,792	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	2,055	80,534	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	2,058	83,368	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	2,061	86,229	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	2,063	89,193	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	2,065	92,209	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	2,067	95,232	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	2,068	98,320	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	2,065	101,499	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	2,057	104,767	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	2,048	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

North Macedonia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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