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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	Tanzania	Congo - Kinshasa	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	32,912	51,181	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	33,953	52,782	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	34,974	54,453	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	36,021	56,170	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	37,100	57,860	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	38,167	59,599	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	39,262	61,474	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	40,387	63,479	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	41,557	65,590	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	42,741	67,800	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	43,889	70,114	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	45,132	72,550	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	46,531	75,138	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	47,965	77,792	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	49,437	80,534	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	50,965	83,368	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	52,604	86,229	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	54,336	89,193	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	56,062	92,209	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	57,765	95,232	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	59,465	98,320	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	61,191	101,499	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	62,944	104,767	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	64,835	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

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