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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Puerto Rico	Malawi
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	3,800	11,310
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	3,811	11,658
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	3,819	12,020
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	3,824	12,395
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	3,826	12,786
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	3,827	13,196
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	3,822	13,625
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	3,805	14,072
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	3,783	14,539
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	3,761	15,026
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	3,741	15,525
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	3,722	16,028
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	3,679	16,534
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	3,636	17,042
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	3,589	17,551
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	3,534	18,060
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	3,473	18,571
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	3,411	19,086
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	3,352	19,603
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	3,295	20,122
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	3,268	20,640
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	3,247	21,159
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	3,232	21,677
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	3,228	22,239

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

Malawi

1904-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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