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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Central African Republic	Congo - Kinshasa	Puerto Rico
Dec 31, 1999	3,889	51,181	3,800
Dec 31, 2000	3,980	52,782	3,811
Dec 31, 2001	4,054	54,453	3,819
Dec 31, 2002	4,128	56,170	3,824
Dec 31, 2003	4,215	57,860	3,826
Dec 31, 2004	4,289	59,599	3,827
Dec 31, 2005	4,363	61,474	3,822
Dec 31, 2006	4,449	63,479	3,805
Dec 31, 2007	4,544	65,590	3,783
Dec 31, 2008	4,641	67,800	3,761
Dec 31, 2009	4,742	70,114	3,741
Dec 31, 2010	4,845	72,550	3,722
Dec 31, 2011	4,950	75,138	3,679
Dec 31, 2012	5,057	77,792	3,636
Dec 31, 2013	5,167	80,534	3,589
Dec 31, 2014	5,278	83,368	3,534
Dec 31, 2015	5,392	86,229	3,473
Dec 31, 2016	5,507	89,193	3,411
Dec 31, 2017	5,625	92,209	3,352
Dec 31, 2018	5,745	95,232	3,295
Dec 31, 2019	5,874	98,320	3,268
Dec 31, 2020	6,025	101,499	3,247
Dec 31, 2021	6,154	104,767	3,232
Dec 31, 2022	6,291	108,171	3,228

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 Central African Republic, Congo - Kinshasa, Puerto Rico; the database as a whole is cited above.