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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

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