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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	Cape Verde	Puerto Rico
Dec 31, 1999	422	3,800
Dec 31, 2000	430	3,811
Dec 31, 2001	438	3,819
Dec 31, 2002	447	3,824
Dec 31, 2003	455	3,826
Dec 31, 2004	463	3,827
Dec 31, 2005	471	3,822
Dec 31, 2006	478	3,805
Dec 31, 2007	486	3,783
Dec 31, 2008	494	3,761
Dec 31, 2009	501	3,741
Dec 31, 2010	509	3,722
Dec 31, 2011	516	3,679
Dec 31, 2012	524	3,636
Dec 31, 2013	531	3,589
Dec 31, 2014	539	3,534
Dec 31, 2015	546	3,473
Dec 31, 2016	553	3,411
Dec 31, 2017	562	3,352
Dec 31, 2018	568	3,295
Dec 31, 2019	574	3,268
Dec 31, 2020	580	3,247
Dec 31, 2021	585	3,232
Dec 31, 2022	590	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 Cape Verde, Puerto Rico; the database as a whole is cited above.