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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Germany	Liberia	Puerto Rico
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	81,439	2,741	3,800
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	81,474	2,847	3,811
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	81,534	2,917	3,819
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	81,595	2,978	3,824
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	81,566	2,983	3,826
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	81,473	3,005	3,827
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	81,354	3,138	3,822
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	81,190	3,311	3,805
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	81,009	3,469	3,783
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	80,781	3,603	3,761
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	80,500	3,708	3,741
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	80,301	3,817	3,722
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	80,292	3,984	3,679
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	80,443	4,141	3,636
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	80,663	4,244	3,589
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	81,000	4,348	3,534
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	81,704	4,460	3,473
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	82,366	4,576	3,411
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	82,674	4,689	3,352
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	82,923	4,810	3,295
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	83,110	4,904	3,268
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	83,178	5,005	3,247
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	83,213	5,109	3,232
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	83,811	5,216	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.

All data sources

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

Germany

1500-1850: Pfister, U. (2022). Economic Growth in Germany, 1500–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 82(4), 1071–1107
1850-1950: Hoffmann, Grumbach and Hesse, op. cit., pp. 454-5.

Liberia

1845-1950: Gardner, L. (2022). Sovereignty without Power: Liberia in the Age of Empires, 1822-1980. Cambridge University Press.

No separate list is published for Congo - Kinshasa, Puerto Rico; the database as a whole is cited above.