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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	Estonia
Dec 31, 1999	422	3,800	1,378
Dec 31, 2000	430	3,811	1,400
Dec 31, 2001	438	3,819	1,391
Dec 31, 2002	447	3,824	1,382
Dec 31, 2003	455	3,826	1,374
Dec 31, 2004	463	3,827	1,365
Dec 31, 2005	471	3,822	1,357
Dec 31, 2006	478	3,805	1,349
Dec 31, 2007	486	3,783	1,341
Dec 31, 2008	494	3,761	1,337
Dec 31, 2009	501	3,741	1,334
Dec 31, 2010	509	3,722	1,332
Dec 31, 2011	516	3,679	1,328
Dec 31, 2012	524	3,636	1,324
Dec 31, 2013	531	3,589	1,319
Dec 31, 2014	539	3,534	1,314
Dec 31, 2015	546	3,473	1,312
Dec 31, 2016	553	3,411	1,314
Dec 31, 2017	562	3,352	1,314
Dec 31, 2018	568	3,295	1,318
Dec 31, 2019	574	3,268	1,323
Dec 31, 2020	580	3,247	1,327
Dec 31, 2021	585	3,232	1,329
Dec 31, 2022	590	3,228	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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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, Estonia; the database as a whole is cited above.