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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	Costa Rica	Congo - Kinshasa	Albania
Dec 31, 1999	3,785	51,181	3,085
Dec 31, 2000	3,867	52,782	3,065
Dec 31, 2001	3,951	54,453	3,047
Dec 31, 2002	4,021	56,170	3,038
Dec 31, 2003	4,079	57,860	3,026
Dec 31, 2004	4,145	59,599	3,014
Dec 31, 2005	4,212	61,474	2,998
Dec 31, 2006	4,278	63,479	2,979
Dec 31, 2007	4,338	65,590	2,957
Dec 31, 2008	4,400	67,800	2,934
Dec 31, 2009	4,467	70,114	2,915
Dec 31, 2010	4,544	72,550	2,900
Dec 31, 2011	4,587	75,138	2,892
Dec 31, 2012	4,648	77,792	2,888
Dec 31, 2013	4,707	80,534	2,882
Dec 31, 2014	4,768	83,368	2,876
Dec 31, 2015	4,827	86,229	2,868
Dec 31, 2016	4,885	89,193	2,863
Dec 31, 2017	4,942	92,209	2,861
Dec 31, 2018	4,998	95,232	2,854
Dec 31, 2019	5,052	98,320	2,842
Dec 31, 2020	5,105	101,499	2,825
Dec 31, 2021	5,158	104,767	2,799
Dec 31, 2022	5,185	108,171	2,787

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 Costa Rica, Congo - Kinshasa, Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.