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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	Moldova	Congo - Kinshasa	Puerto Rico
Dec 31, 1999	4,244	51,181	3,800
Dec 31, 2000	4,199	52,782	3,811
Dec 31, 2001	4,154	54,453	3,819
Dec 31, 2002	4,108	56,170	3,824
Dec 31, 2003	4,059	57,860	3,826
Dec 31, 2004	4,013	59,599	3,827
Dec 31, 2005	3,966	61,474	3,822
Dec 31, 2006	3,919	63,479	3,805
Dec 31, 2007	3,873	65,590	3,783
Dec 31, 2008	3,829	67,800	3,761
Dec 31, 2009	3,788	70,114	3,741
Dec 31, 2010	3,748	72,550	3,722
Dec 31, 2011	3,709	75,138	3,679
Dec 31, 2012	3,671	77,792	3,636
Dec 31, 2013	3,633	80,534	3,589
Dec 31, 2014	3,595	83,368	3,534
Dec 31, 2015	3,558	86,229	3,473
Dec 31, 2016	3,522	89,193	3,411
Dec 31, 2017	3,485	92,209	3,352
Dec 31, 2018	3,448	95,232	3,295
Dec 31, 2019	3,412	98,320	3,268
Dec 31, 2020	3,376	101,499	3,247
Dec 31, 2021	3,339	104,767	3,232
Dec 31, 2022	3,570	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 Moldova, Congo - Kinshasa, Puerto Rico; the database as a whole is cited above.