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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Mali	Congo - Kinshasa	Puerto Rico
Dec 31, 1999	10,596	51,181	3,800
Dec 31, 2000	10,833	52,782	3,811
Dec 31, 2001	10,890	54,453	3,819
Dec 31, 2002	11,007	56,170	3,824
Dec 31, 2003	11,307	57,860	3,826
Dec 31, 2004	11,579	59,599	3,827
Dec 31, 2005	11,804	61,474	3,822
Dec 31, 2006	12,043	63,479	3,805
Dec 31, 2007	12,337	65,590	3,783
Dec 31, 2008	12,657	67,800	3,761
Dec 31, 2009	12,986	70,114	3,741
Dec 31, 2010	13,325	72,550	3,722
Dec 31, 2011	13,679	75,138	3,679
Dec 31, 2012	14,040	77,792	3,636
Dec 31, 2013	14,412	80,534	3,589
Dec 31, 2014	14,803	83,368	3,534
Dec 31, 2015	15,210	86,229	3,473
Dec 31, 2016	15,629	89,193	3,411
Dec 31, 2017	16,060	92,209	3,352
Dec 31, 2018	16,507	95,232	3,295
Dec 31, 2019	16,967	98,320	3,268
Dec 31, 2020	17,442	101,499	3,247
Dec 31, 2021	17,930	104,767	3,232
Dec 31, 2022	18,494	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 Mali, Congo - Kinshasa, Puerto Rico; the database as a whole is cited above.