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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	Puerto Rico
Dec 31, 1999	1,378	51,181	3,800
Dec 31, 2000	1,400	52,782	3,811
Dec 31, 2001	1,391	54,453	3,819
Dec 31, 2002	1,382	56,170	3,824
Dec 31, 2003	1,374	57,860	3,826
Dec 31, 2004	1,365	59,599	3,827
Dec 31, 2005	1,357	61,474	3,822
Dec 31, 2006	1,349	63,479	3,805
Dec 31, 2007	1,341	65,590	3,783
Dec 31, 2008	1,337	67,800	3,761
Dec 31, 2009	1,334	70,114	3,741
Dec 31, 2010	1,332	72,550	3,722
Dec 31, 2011	1,328	75,138	3,679
Dec 31, 2012	1,324	77,792	3,636
Dec 31, 2013	1,319	80,534	3,589
Dec 31, 2014	1,314	83,368	3,534
Dec 31, 2015	1,312	86,229	3,473
Dec 31, 2016	1,314	89,193	3,411
Dec 31, 2017	1,314	92,209	3,352
Dec 31, 2018	1,318	95,232	3,295
Dec 31, 2019	1,323	98,320	3,268
Dec 31, 2020	1,327	101,499	3,247
Dec 31, 2021	1,329	104,767	3,232
Dec 31, 2022	1,330	108,171	3,228

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 Estonia, Congo - Kinshasa, Puerto Rico; the database as a whole is cited above.