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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	Botswana
Dec 31, 1999	3,800	51,181	1,630
Dec 31, 2000	3,811	52,782	1,665
Dec 31, 2001	3,819	54,453	1,698
Dec 31, 2002	3,824	56,170	1,730
Dec 31, 2003	3,826	57,860	1,761
Dec 31, 2004	3,827	59,599	1,792
Dec 31, 2005	3,822	61,474	1,824
Dec 31, 2006	3,805	63,479	1,857
Dec 31, 2007	3,783	65,590	1,890
Dec 31, 2008	3,761	67,800	1,923
Dec 31, 2009	3,741	70,114	1,956
Dec 31, 2010	3,722	72,550	1,990
Dec 31, 2011	3,679	75,138	2,023
Dec 31, 2012	3,636	77,792	2,057
Dec 31, 2013	3,589	80,534	2,091
Dec 31, 2014	3,534	83,368	2,125
Dec 31, 2015	3,473	86,229	2,159
Dec 31, 2016	3,411	89,193	2,194
Dec 31, 2017	3,352	92,209	2,228
Dec 31, 2018	3,295	95,232	2,262
Dec 31, 2019	3,268	98,320	2,297
Dec 31, 2020	3,247	101,499	2,331
Dec 31, 2021	3,232	104,767	2,365
Dec 31, 2022	3,228	108,171	2,403

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