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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	Lesotho	Congo - Kinshasa	Puerto Rico
Dec 31, 1999	1,908	51,181	3,800
Dec 31, 2000	1,916	52,782	3,811
Dec 31, 2001	1,922	54,453	3,819
Dec 31, 2002	1,926	56,170	3,824
Dec 31, 2003	1,926	57,860	3,826
Dec 31, 2004	1,925	59,599	3,827
Dec 31, 2005	1,922	61,474	3,822
Dec 31, 2006	1,919	63,479	3,805
Dec 31, 2007	1,917	65,590	3,783
Dec 31, 2008	1,915	67,800	3,761
Dec 31, 2009	1,916	70,114	3,741
Dec 31, 2010	1,920	72,550	3,722
Dec 31, 2011	1,925	75,138	3,679
Dec 31, 2012	1,930	77,792	3,636
Dec 31, 2013	1,936	80,534	3,589
Dec 31, 2014	1,942	83,368	3,534
Dec 31, 2015	1,948	86,229	3,473
Dec 31, 2016	1,953	89,193	3,411
Dec 31, 2017	1,958	92,209	3,352
Dec 31, 2018	1,962	95,232	3,295
Dec 31, 2019	1,987	98,320	3,268
Dec 31, 2020	2,013	101,499	3,247
Dec 31, 2021	2,037	104,767	3,232
Dec 31, 2022	2,059	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 Lesotho, Congo - Kinshasa, Puerto Rico; the database as a whole is cited above.