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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Mali	Burkina Faso	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	10,596	11,075	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	10,833	11,405	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	10,890	11,828	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	11,007	12,380	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	11,307	12,829	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	11,579	13,178	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	11,804	13,540	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	12,043	13,917	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	12,337	14,309	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	12,657	14,722	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	12,986	15,152	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	13,325	15,600	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	13,679	16,064	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	14,040	16,563	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	14,412	17,072	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	14,803	17,575	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	15,210	18,094	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	15,629	18,621	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	16,060	19,157	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	16,507	19,698	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	16,967	20,242	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	17,442	20,788	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	17,930	21,336	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	18,494	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 Mali, Burkina Faso, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.