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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Saudi Arabia	Congo - Kinshasa	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	19,964	51,181	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	20,426	52,782	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	20,956	54,453	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	21,549	56,170	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	22,189	57,860	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	22,850	59,599	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	23,516	61,474	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	24,178	63,479	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	24,841	65,590	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	25,518	67,800	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	26,227	70,114	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	27,068	72,550	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	27,810	75,138	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	28,516	77,792	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	29,220	80,534	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	29,936	83,368	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	30,646	86,229	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	31,360	89,193	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	32,184	92,209	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	32,869	95,232	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	33,661	98,320	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	34,542	101,499	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	33,651	104,767	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	34,081	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

Saudi Arabia

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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