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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 - KinshasaNigerPuerto Rico
51,18110,4243,800
52,78210,7853,811
54,45311,1703,819
56,17011,5803,824
57,86012,0153,826
59,59912,4723,827
61,47412,9543,822
63,47913,4593,805
65,59013,9863,783
67,80014,5323,761
70,11415,0923,741
72,55015,6693,722
75,13816,2633,679
77,79216,9033,636
80,53417,5693,589
83,36818,2423,534
86,22918,9573,473
89,19319,7083,411
92,20920,4623,352
95,23221,2283,295
98,32022,0233,268
101,49922,8423,247
104,76723,6913,232
108,17124,5873,228

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, Niger, Puerto Rico; the database as a whole is cited above.