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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Mali	Puerto Rico	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	10,596	3,800	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	10,833	3,811	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	10,890	3,819	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	11,007	3,824	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	11,307	3,826	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	11,579	3,827	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	11,804	3,822	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	12,043	3,805	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	12,337	3,783	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	12,657	3,761	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	12,986	3,741	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	13,325	3,722	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	13,679	3,679	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	14,040	3,636	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	14,412	3,589	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	14,803	3,534	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	15,210	3,473	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	15,629	3,411	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	16,060	3,352	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	16,507	3,295	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	16,967	3,268	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	17,442	3,247	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	17,930	3,232	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	18,494	3,228	108,171

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, Puerto Rico, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.