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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 RicoMauritania
703,8002,437
713,8112,501
713,8192,566
723,8242,632
723,8262,699
723,8272,768
723,8222,838
723,8052,909
723,7832,981
733,7613,055
733,7413,129
733,7223,205
733,6793,282
733,6363,359
733,5893,438
733,5343,517
743,4733,597
743,4113,677
743,3523,759
743,2953,840
753,2683,942
753,2474,045
763,2324,150
763,2284,259

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