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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	Afghanistan	Puerto Rico
Dec 31, 1999	22,206	3,800
Dec 31, 2000	22,461	3,811
Dec 31, 2001	22,507	3,819
Dec 31, 2002	23,600	3,824
Dec 31, 2003	25,005	3,826
Dec 31, 2004	25,698	3,827
Dec 31, 2005	26,335	3,822
Dec 31, 2006	27,154	3,805
Dec 31, 2007	27,387	3,783
Dec 31, 2008	27,706	3,761
Dec 31, 2009	28,484	3,741
Dec 31, 2010	29,121	3,722
Dec 31, 2011	29,758	3,679
Dec 31, 2012	30,420	3,636
Dec 31, 2013	31,108	3,589
Dec 31, 2014	31,823	3,534
Dec 31, 2015	32,564	3,473
Dec 31, 2016	33,332	3,411
Dec 31, 2017	34,125	3,352
Dec 31, 2018	34,941	3,295
Dec 31, 2019	35,972	3,268
Dec 31, 2020	37,034	3,247
Dec 31, 2021	38,127	3,232
Dec 31, 2022	39,252	3,228

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 Afghanistan, Puerto Rico; the database as a whole is cited above.