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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 - KinshasaPuerto RicoBurkina Faso
51,1813,80011,075
52,7823,81111,405
54,4533,81911,828
56,1703,82412,380
57,8603,82612,829
59,5993,82713,178
61,4743,82213,540
63,4793,80513,917
65,5903,78314,309
67,8003,76114,722
70,1143,74115,152
72,5503,72215,600
75,1383,67916,064
77,7923,63616,563
80,5343,58917,072
83,3683,53417,575
86,2293,47318,094
89,1933,41118,621
92,2093,35219,157
95,2323,29519,698
98,3203,26820,242
101,4993,24720,788
104,7673,23221,336
108,1713,22821,889

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