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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 - Brazzaville
Dec 31, 1999	10,596	11,075	2,886
Dec 31, 2000	10,833	11,405	2,999
Dec 31, 2001	10,890	11,828	3,113
Dec 31, 2002	11,007	12,380	3,181
Dec 31, 2003	11,307	12,829	3,274
Dec 31, 2004	11,579	13,178	3,400
Dec 31, 2005	11,804	13,540	3,543
Dec 31, 2006	12,043	13,917	3,702
Dec 31, 2007	12,337	14,309	3,859
Dec 31, 2008	12,657	14,722	3,989
Dec 31, 2009	12,986	15,152	4,146
Dec 31, 2010	13,325	15,600	4,324
Dec 31, 2011	13,679	16,064	4,468
Dec 31, 2012	14,040	16,563	4,581
Dec 31, 2013	14,412	17,072	4,667
Dec 31, 2014	14,803	17,575	4,757
Dec 31, 2015	15,210	18,094	4,851
Dec 31, 2016	15,629	18,621	4,951
Dec 31, 2017	16,060	19,157	5,055
Dec 31, 2018	16,507	19,698	5,164
Dec 31, 2019	16,967	20,242	5,279
Dec 31, 2020	17,442	20,788	5,400
Dec 31, 2021	17,930	21,336	5,527
Dec 31, 2022	18,494	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 Mali, Burkina Faso, Congo - Brazzaville; the database as a whole is cited above.