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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date DominicaPuerto RicoLesotho
703,8001,908
713,8111,916
713,8191,922
723,8241,926
723,8261,926
723,8271,925
723,8221,922
723,8051,919
723,7831,917
733,7611,915
733,7411,916
733,7221,920
733,6791,925
733,6361,930
733,5891,936
733,5341,942
743,4731,948
743,4111,953
743,3521,958
743,2951,962
753,2681,987
753,2472,013
763,2322,037
763,2282,059

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 Dominica, Puerto Rico, Lesotho; the database as a whole is cited above.