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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	Estonia	Congo - Kinshasa	Costa Rica
Dec 31, 1999	1,378	51,181	3,785
Dec 31, 2000	1,400	52,782	3,867
Dec 31, 2001	1,391	54,453	3,951
Dec 31, 2002	1,382	56,170	4,021
Dec 31, 2003	1,374	57,860	4,079
Dec 31, 2004	1,365	59,599	4,145
Dec 31, 2005	1,357	61,474	4,212
Dec 31, 2006	1,349	63,479	4,278
Dec 31, 2007	1,341	65,590	4,338
Dec 31, 2008	1,337	67,800	4,400
Dec 31, 2009	1,334	70,114	4,467
Dec 31, 2010	1,332	72,550	4,544
Dec 31, 2011	1,328	75,138	4,587
Dec 31, 2012	1,324	77,792	4,648
Dec 31, 2013	1,319	80,534	4,707
Dec 31, 2014	1,314	83,368	4,768
Dec 31, 2015	1,312	86,229	4,827
Dec 31, 2016	1,314	89,193	4,885
Dec 31, 2017	1,314	92,209	4,942
Dec 31, 2018	1,318	95,232	4,998
Dec 31, 2019	1,323	98,320	5,052
Dec 31, 2020	1,327	101,499	5,105
Dec 31, 2021	1,329	104,767	5,158
Dec 31, 2022	1,330	108,171	5,185

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 Estonia, Congo - Kinshasa, Costa Rica; the database as a whole is cited above.