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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date Puerto RicoBarbadosCongo - Kinshasa
3,80027351,181
3,81127452,782
3,81927554,453
3,82427656,170
3,82627857,860
3,82727959,599
3,82228061,474
3,80528163,479
3,78328265,590
3,76128367,800
3,74128570,114
3,72228672,550
3,67928775,138
3,63628877,792
3,58928980,534
3,53429083,368
3,47329186,229
3,41129189,193
3,35229292,209
3,29529395,232
3,26829498,320
3,247294101,499
3,232295104,767
3,228295108,171

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