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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	Ethiopia	Puerto Rico
Dec 31, 1999	63,575	3,800
Dec 31, 2000	65,213	3,811
Dec 31, 2001	66,889	3,819
Dec 31, 2002	68,649	3,824
Dec 31, 2003	70,491	3,826
Dec 31, 2004	72,389	3,827
Dec 31, 2005	74,327	3,822
Dec 31, 2006	76,326	3,805
Dec 31, 2007	78,411	3,783
Dec 31, 2008	80,564	3,761
Dec 31, 2009	82,787	3,741
Dec 31, 2010	85,096	3,722
Dec 31, 2011	87,530	3,679
Dec 31, 2012	90,066	3,636
Dec 31, 2013	92,632	3,589
Dec 31, 2014	95,337	3,534
Dec 31, 2015	98,114	3,473
Dec 31, 2016	100,858	3,411
Dec 31, 2017	103,654	3,352
Dec 31, 2018	106,466	3,295
Dec 31, 2019	109,267	3,268
Dec 31, 2020	112,100	3,247
Dec 31, 2021	114,964	3,232
Dec 31, 2022	117,924	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 Ethiopia, Puerto Rico; the database as a whole is cited above.