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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	Estonia
Dec 31, 1999	3,785	51,181	1,378
Dec 31, 2000	3,867	52,782	1,400
Dec 31, 2001	3,951	54,453	1,391
Dec 31, 2002	4,021	56,170	1,382
Dec 31, 2003	4,079	57,860	1,374
Dec 31, 2004	4,145	59,599	1,365
Dec 31, 2005	4,212	61,474	1,357
Dec 31, 2006	4,278	63,479	1,349
Dec 31, 2007	4,338	65,590	1,341
Dec 31, 2008	4,400	67,800	1,337
Dec 31, 2009	4,467	70,114	1,334
Dec 31, 2010	4,544	72,550	1,332
Dec 31, 2011	4,587	75,138	1,328
Dec 31, 2012	4,648	77,792	1,324
Dec 31, 2013	4,707	80,534	1,319
Dec 31, 2014	4,768	83,368	1,314
Dec 31, 2015	4,827	86,229	1,312
Dec 31, 2016	4,885	89,193	1,314
Dec 31, 2017	4,942	92,209	1,314
Dec 31, 2018	4,998	95,232	1,318
Dec 31, 2019	5,052	98,320	1,323
Dec 31, 2020	5,105	101,499	1,327
Dec 31, 2021	5,158	104,767	1,329
Dec 31, 2022	5,185	108,171	1,330

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, Estonia; the database as a whole is cited above.