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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Tunisia	Congo - Kinshasa	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	9,417	51,181	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	9,514	52,782	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	9,613	54,453	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	9,711	56,170	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	9,810	57,860	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	9,906	59,599	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	9,997	61,474	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	10,087	63,479	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	10,178	65,590	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	10,274	67,800	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	10,377	70,114	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	10,491	72,550	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	10,612	75,138	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	10,737	77,792	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	10,866	80,534	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	10,996	83,368	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	11,124	86,229	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	11,248	89,193	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	11,365	92,209	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	11,477	95,232	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	11,583	98,320	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	11,681	101,499	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	11,772	104,767	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	11,862	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 Tunisia, Congo - Kinshasa, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.