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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	Moldova
Dec 31, 1999	3,785	51,181	4,244
Dec 31, 2000	3,867	52,782	4,199
Dec 31, 2001	3,951	54,453	4,154
Dec 31, 2002	4,021	56,170	4,108
Dec 31, 2003	4,079	57,860	4,059
Dec 31, 2004	4,145	59,599	4,013
Dec 31, 2005	4,212	61,474	3,966
Dec 31, 2006	4,278	63,479	3,919
Dec 31, 2007	4,338	65,590	3,873
Dec 31, 2008	4,400	67,800	3,829
Dec 31, 2009	4,467	70,114	3,788
Dec 31, 2010	4,544	72,550	3,748
Dec 31, 2011	4,587	75,138	3,709
Dec 31, 2012	4,648	77,792	3,671
Dec 31, 2013	4,707	80,534	3,633
Dec 31, 2014	4,768	83,368	3,595
Dec 31, 2015	4,827	86,229	3,558
Dec 31, 2016	4,885	89,193	3,522
Dec 31, 2017	4,942	92,209	3,485
Dec 31, 2018	4,998	95,232	3,448
Dec 31, 2019	5,052	98,320	3,412
Dec 31, 2020	5,105	101,499	3,376
Dec 31, 2021	5,158	104,767	3,339
Dec 31, 2022	5,185	108,171	3,570

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