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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 - KinshasaYemenPuerto Rico
51,18116,7283,800
52,78217,2363,811
54,45317,7623,819
56,17018,3103,824
57,86018,8553,826
59,59919,4103,827
61,47420,0003,822
63,47920,6113,805
65,59021,2363,783
67,80021,8783,761
70,11422,5333,741
72,55023,1953,722
75,13823,8803,679
77,79224,5943,636
80,53425,3113,589
83,36826,0203,534
86,22926,6983,473
89,19327,3473,411
92,20927,9853,352
95,23228,6083,295
98,32029,2163,268
101,49929,8113,247
104,76730,3993,232
108,17131,0583,228

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