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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	Dominica	Puerto Rico	Sierra Leone
Dec 31, 1999	70	3,800	3,736
Dec 31, 2000	71	3,811	3,809
Dec 31, 2001	71	3,819	4,043
Dec 31, 2002	72	3,824	4,287
Dec 31, 2003	72	3,826	4,466
Dec 31, 2004	72	3,827	4,602
Dec 31, 2005	72	3,822	4,708
Dec 31, 2006	72	3,805	4,818
Dec 31, 2007	72	3,783	4,918
Dec 31, 2008	73	3,761	5,023
Dec 31, 2009	73	3,741	5,132
Dec 31, 2010	73	3,722	5,246
Dec 31, 2011	73	3,679	5,364
Dec 31, 2012	73	3,636	5,486
Dec 31, 2013	73	3,589	5,613
Dec 31, 2014	73	3,534	5,744
Dec 31, 2015	74	3,473	5,879
Dec 31, 2016	74	3,411	6,019
Dec 31, 2017	74	3,352	6,163
Dec 31, 2018	74	3,295	6,312
Dec 31, 2019	75	3,268	6,461
Dec 31, 2020	75	3,247	6,611
Dec 31, 2021	76	3,232	6,761
Dec 31, 2022	76	3,228	6,910

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, Sierra Leone; the database as a whole is cited above.