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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	Albania	Congo - Kinshasa	Puerto Rico
Dec 31, 1999	3,085	51,181	3,800
Dec 31, 2000	3,065	52,782	3,811
Dec 31, 2001	3,047	54,453	3,819
Dec 31, 2002	3,038	56,170	3,824
Dec 31, 2003	3,026	57,860	3,826
Dec 31, 2004	3,014	59,599	3,827
Dec 31, 2005	2,998	61,474	3,822
Dec 31, 2006	2,979	63,479	3,805
Dec 31, 2007	2,957	65,590	3,783
Dec 31, 2008	2,934	67,800	3,761
Dec 31, 2009	2,915	70,114	3,741
Dec 31, 2010	2,900	72,550	3,722
Dec 31, 2011	2,892	75,138	3,679
Dec 31, 2012	2,888	77,792	3,636
Dec 31, 2013	2,882	80,534	3,589
Dec 31, 2014	2,876	83,368	3,534
Dec 31, 2015	2,868	86,229	3,473
Dec 31, 2016	2,863	89,193	3,411
Dec 31, 2017	2,861	92,209	3,352
Dec 31, 2018	2,854	95,232	3,295
Dec 31, 2019	2,842	98,320	3,268
Dec 31, 2020	2,825	101,499	3,247
Dec 31, 2021	2,799	104,767	3,232
Dec 31, 2022	2,787	108,171	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 Albania, Congo - Kinshasa, Puerto Rico; the database as a whole is cited above.