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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Costa Rica
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	3,785
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	3,867
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	3,951
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	4,021
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	4,079
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	4,145
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	4,212
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	4,278
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	4,338
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	4,400
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	4,467
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	4,544
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	4,587
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	4,648
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	4,707
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	4,768
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	4,827
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	4,885
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	4,942
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	4,998
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	5,052
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	5,105
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	5,158
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	5,185

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, Costa Rica; the database as a whole is cited above.