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

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