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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Puerto Rico	Congo - Kinshasa	Albania
Dec 31, 1999	3,800	51,181	3,085
Dec 31, 2000	3,811	52,782	3,065
Dec 31, 2001	3,819	54,453	3,047
Dec 31, 2002	3,824	56,170	3,038
Dec 31, 2003	3,826	57,860	3,026
Dec 31, 2004	3,827	59,599	3,014
Dec 31, 2005	3,822	61,474	2,998
Dec 31, 2006	3,805	63,479	2,979
Dec 31, 2007	3,783	65,590	2,957
Dec 31, 2008	3,761	67,800	2,934
Dec 31, 2009	3,741	70,114	2,915
Dec 31, 2010	3,722	72,550	2,900
Dec 31, 2011	3,679	75,138	2,892
Dec 31, 2012	3,636	77,792	2,888
Dec 31, 2013	3,589	80,534	2,882
Dec 31, 2014	3,534	83,368	2,876
Dec 31, 2015	3,473	86,229	2,868
Dec 31, 2016	3,411	89,193	2,863
Dec 31, 2017	3,352	92,209	2,861
Dec 31, 2018	3,295	95,232	2,854
Dec 31, 2019	3,268	98,320	2,842
Dec 31, 2020	3,247	101,499	2,825
Dec 31, 2021	3,232	104,767	2,799
Dec 31, 2022	3,228	108,171	2,787

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, Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.