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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date Congo - KinshasaBurundiPuerto Rico
51,1816,1283,800
52,7826,2823,811
54,4536,4663,819
56,1706,6703,824
57,8606,8973,826
59,5997,1673,827
61,4747,4393,822
63,4797,7093,805
65,5907,9913,783
67,8008,3183,761
70,1148,7413,741
72,5509,1403,722
75,1389,4403,679
77,7929,7483,636
80,53410,0693,589
83,36810,3803,534
86,22910,5773,473
89,19310,7213,411
92,20910,9553,352
95,23211,2293,295
98,32011,6023,268
101,49911,9873,247
104,76712,3843,232
108,17112,7953,228

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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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 Congo - Kinshasa, Burundi, Puerto Rico; the database as a whole is cited above.