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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 RicoCongo - Kinshasa
3,80051,181
3,81152,782
3,81954,453
3,82456,170
3,82657,860
3,82759,599
3,82261,474
3,80563,479
3,78365,590
3,76167,800
3,74170,114
3,72272,550
3,67975,138
3,63677,792
3,58980,534
3,53483,368
3,47386,229
3,41189,193
3,35292,209
3,29595,232
3,26898,320
3,247101,499
3,232104,767
3,228108,171

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