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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	Puerto Rico
Dec 31, 1999	3,785	51,181	3,800
Dec 31, 2000	3,867	52,782	3,811
Dec 31, 2001	3,951	54,453	3,819
Dec 31, 2002	4,021	56,170	3,824
Dec 31, 2003	4,079	57,860	3,826
Dec 31, 2004	4,145	59,599	3,827
Dec 31, 2005	4,212	61,474	3,822
Dec 31, 2006	4,278	63,479	3,805
Dec 31, 2007	4,338	65,590	3,783
Dec 31, 2008	4,400	67,800	3,761
Dec 31, 2009	4,467	70,114	3,741
Dec 31, 2010	4,544	72,550	3,722
Dec 31, 2011	4,587	75,138	3,679
Dec 31, 2012	4,648	77,792	3,636
Dec 31, 2013	4,707	80,534	3,589
Dec 31, 2014	4,768	83,368	3,534
Dec 31, 2015	4,827	86,229	3,473
Dec 31, 2016	4,885	89,193	3,411
Dec 31, 2017	4,942	92,209	3,352
Dec 31, 2018	4,998	95,232	3,295
Dec 31, 2019	5,052	98,320	3,268
Dec 31, 2020	5,105	101,499	3,247
Dec 31, 2021	5,158	104,767	3,232
Dec 31, 2022	5,185	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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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, Puerto Rico; the database as a whole is cited above.