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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Mauritania	Congo - Kinshasa	Puerto Rico
Dec 31, 1999	2,437	51,181	3,800
Dec 31, 2000	2,501	52,782	3,811
Dec 31, 2001	2,566	54,453	3,819
Dec 31, 2002	2,632	56,170	3,824
Dec 31, 2003	2,699	57,860	3,826
Dec 31, 2004	2,768	59,599	3,827
Dec 31, 2005	2,838	61,474	3,822
Dec 31, 2006	2,909	63,479	3,805
Dec 31, 2007	2,981	65,590	3,783
Dec 31, 2008	3,055	67,800	3,761
Dec 31, 2009	3,129	70,114	3,741
Dec 31, 2010	3,205	72,550	3,722
Dec 31, 2011	3,282	75,138	3,679
Dec 31, 2012	3,359	77,792	3,636
Dec 31, 2013	3,438	80,534	3,589
Dec 31, 2014	3,517	83,368	3,534
Dec 31, 2015	3,597	86,229	3,473
Dec 31, 2016	3,677	89,193	3,411
Dec 31, 2017	3,759	92,209	3,352
Dec 31, 2018	3,840	95,232	3,295
Dec 31, 2019	3,942	98,320	3,268
Dec 31, 2020	4,045	101,499	3,247
Dec 31, 2021	4,150	104,767	3,232
Dec 31, 2022	4,259	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 Mauritania, Congo - Kinshasa, Puerto Rico; the database as a whole is cited above.