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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 - KinshasaChadPuerto Rico
51,1817,5593,800
52,7827,8213,811
54,4538,0923,819
56,1708,3953,824
57,8608,7633,826
59,5999,1913,827
61,4749,5943,822
63,4799,9673,805
65,59010,3383,783
67,80010,7283,761
70,11411,1393,741
72,55011,5503,722
75,13811,9833,679
77,79212,4273,636
80,53412,8953,589
83,36813,3793,534
86,22913,8233,473
89,19314,2773,411
92,20914,7653,352
95,23215,2523,295
98,32015,7503,268
101,49916,2573,247
104,76716,7763,232
108,17117,3073,228

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