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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Belarus	Puerto Rico
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	10,064	3,800
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	10,034	3,811
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	10,000	3,819
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	9,955	3,824
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	9,905	3,826
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	9,856	3,827
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	9,807	3,822
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	9,764	3,805
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	9,734	3,783
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	9,713	3,761
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	9,697	3,741
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	9,681	3,722
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	9,662	3,679
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	9,643	3,636
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	9,624	3,589
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	9,605	3,534
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	9,585	3,473
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	9,564	3,411
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	9,542	3,352
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	9,519	3,295
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	9,495	3,268
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	9,469	3,247
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	9,442	3,232
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	9,400	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 Congo - Kinshasa, Belarus, Puerto Rico; the database as a whole is cited above.