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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Madagascar	Congo - Kinshasa	Puerto Rico
Dec 31, 1999	15,259	51,181	3,800
Dec 31, 2000	15,707	52,782	3,811
Dec 31, 2001	16,162	54,453	3,819
Dec 31, 2002	16,631	56,170	3,824
Dec 31, 2003	17,114	57,860	3,826
Dec 31, 2004	17,610	59,599	3,827
Dec 31, 2005	18,120	61,474	3,822
Dec 31, 2006	18,641	63,479	3,805
Dec 31, 2007	19,173	65,590	3,783
Dec 31, 2008	19,717	67,800	3,761
Dec 31, 2009	20,272	70,114	3,741
Dec 31, 2010	20,837	72,550	3,722
Dec 31, 2011	21,413	75,138	3,679
Dec 31, 2012	21,999	77,792	3,636
Dec 31, 2013	22,593	80,534	3,589
Dec 31, 2014	23,196	83,368	3,534
Dec 31, 2015	23,806	86,229	3,473
Dec 31, 2016	24,423	89,193	3,411
Dec 31, 2017	25,044	92,209	3,352
Dec 31, 2018	25,671	95,232	3,295
Dec 31, 2019	26,302	98,320	3,268
Dec 31, 2020	26,936	101,499	3,247
Dec 31, 2021	27,573	104,767	3,232
Dec 31, 2022	28,237	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 Madagascar, Congo - Kinshasa, Puerto Rico; the database as a whole is cited above.