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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	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	3,800	51,181	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	3,811	52,782	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	3,819	54,453	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	3,824	56,170	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	3,826	57,860	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	3,827	59,599	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	3,822	61,474	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	3,805	63,479	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	3,783	65,590	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	3,761	67,800	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	3,741	70,114	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	3,722	72,550	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	3,679	75,138	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	3,636	77,792	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	3,589	80,534	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	3,534	83,368	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	3,473	86,229	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	3,411	89,193	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	3,352	92,209	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	3,295	95,232	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	3,268	98,320	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	3,247	101,499	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	3,232	104,767	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	3,228	108,171	21,889

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