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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Cameroon	Puerto Rico
Dec 31, 1999	15,483	3,800
Dec 31, 2000	15,913	3,811
Dec 31, 2001	16,354	3,819
Dec 31, 2002	16,815	3,824
Dec 31, 2003	17,289	3,826
Dec 31, 2004	17,764	3,827
Dec 31, 2005	18,249	3,822
Dec 31, 2006	18,746	3,805
Dec 31, 2007	19,278	3,783
Dec 31, 2008	19,843	3,761
Dec 31, 2009	20,419	3,741
Dec 31, 2010	21,002	3,722
Dec 31, 2011	21,586	3,679
Dec 31, 2012	22,181	3,636
Dec 31, 2013	22,800	3,589
Dec 31, 2014	23,513	3,534
Dec 31, 2015	24,273	3,473
Dec 31, 2016	24,995	3,411
Dec 31, 2017	25,680	3,352
Dec 31, 2018	26,373	3,295
Dec 31, 2019	27,114	3,268
Dec 31, 2020	27,878	3,247
Dec 31, 2021	28,663	3,232
Dec 31, 2022	29,417	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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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

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