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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Seychelles	Congo - Kinshasa	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	78	51,181	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	79	52,782	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	80	54,453	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	81	56,170	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	82	57,860	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	83	59,599	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	84	61,474	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	85	63,479	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	86	65,590	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	87	67,800	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	87	70,114	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	88	72,550	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	89	75,138	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	90	77,792	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	91	80,534	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	92	83,368	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	92	86,229	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	93	89,193	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	94	92,209	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	95	95,232	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	96	98,320	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	97	101,499	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	98	104,767	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	98	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 Seychelles, Congo - Kinshasa, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.