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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Côte d’Ivoire	Congo - Kinshasa	Puerto Rico
Dec 31, 1999	17,106	51,181	3,800
Dec 31, 2000	17,552	52,782	3,811
Dec 31, 2001	18,010	54,453	3,819
Dec 31, 2002	18,438	56,170	3,824
Dec 31, 2003	18,895	57,860	3,826
Dec 31, 2004	19,432	59,599	3,827
Dec 31, 2005	19,968	61,474	3,822
Dec 31, 2006	20,512	63,479	3,805
Dec 31, 2007	21,097	65,590	3,783
Dec 31, 2008	21,699	67,800	3,761
Dec 31, 2009	22,285	70,114	3,741
Dec 31, 2010	22,845	72,550	3,722
Dec 31, 2011	23,343	75,138	3,679
Dec 31, 2012	23,879	77,792	3,636
Dec 31, 2013	24,492	80,534	3,589
Dec 31, 2014	25,104	83,368	3,534
Dec 31, 2015	25,719	86,229	3,473
Dec 31, 2016	26,348	89,193	3,411
Dec 31, 2017	26,984	92,209	3,352
Dec 31, 2018	27,614	95,232	3,295
Dec 31, 2019	28,252	98,320	3,268
Dec 31, 2020	28,895	101,499	3,247
Dec 31, 2021	29,546	104,767	3,232
Dec 31, 2022	30,279	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 Côte d’Ivoire, Congo - Kinshasa, Puerto Rico; the database as a whole is cited above.