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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	France	Congo - Kinshasa	Puerto Rico
Dec 31, 1999	60,396	51,181	3,800
Dec 31, 2000	60,811	52,782	3,811
Dec 31, 2001	61,255	54,453	3,819
Dec 31, 2002	61,703	56,170	3,824
Dec 31, 2003	62,141	57,860	3,826
Dec 31, 2004	62,600	59,599	3,827
Dec 31, 2005	63,073	61,474	3,822
Dec 31, 2006	63,513	63,479	3,805
Dec 31, 2007	63,906	65,590	3,783
Dec 31, 2008	64,264	67,800	3,761
Dec 31, 2009	64,594	70,114	3,741
Dec 31, 2010	64,913	72,550	3,722
Dec 31, 2011	65,231	75,138	3,679
Dec 31, 2012	65,552	77,792	3,636
Dec 31, 2013	65,891	80,534	3,589
Dec 31, 2014	66,212	83,368	3,534
Dec 31, 2015	66,480	86,229	3,473
Dec 31, 2016	66,730	89,193	3,411
Dec 31, 2017	67,015	92,209	3,352
Dec 31, 2018	67,347	95,232	3,295
Dec 31, 2019	67,660	98,320	3,268
Dec 31, 2020	67,901	101,499	3,247
Dec 31, 2021	68,114	104,767	3,232
Dec 31, 2022	68,387	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

France

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1276–1800: Ridolfi, L., & Nuvolari, A. (2021). L’histoire immobile? A reappraisal of French economic growth using the demand-side approach, 1280–1850. European Review of Economic History, 25(3), 405–428
1850-1913: Toutain, Le Produit interieur de la France de 1789 a 1982, Presses Universitaires de Grenoble, 1987
1920-1950: Toutain, Le Produit interieur de la France de 1789 a 1982, Presses Universitaires de Grenoble, 1987

No separate list is published for Congo - Kinshasa, Puerto Rico; the database as a whole is cited above.