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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 RicoBurkina FasoCongo - Kinshasa
3,80011,07551,181
3,81111,40552,782
3,81911,82854,453
3,82412,38056,170
3,82612,82957,860
3,82713,17859,599
3,82213,54061,474
3,80513,91763,479
3,78314,30965,590
3,76114,72267,800
3,74115,15270,114
3,72215,60072,550
3,67916,06475,138
3,63616,56377,792
3,58917,07280,534
3,53417,57583,368
3,47318,09486,229
3,41118,62189,193
3,35219,15792,209
3,29519,69895,232
3,26820,24298,320
3,24720,788101,499
3,23221,336104,767
3,22821,889108,171

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, Burkina Faso, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.