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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	Eswatini
Dec 31, 1999	3,800	51,181	1,033
Dec 31, 2000	3,811	52,782	1,032
Dec 31, 2001	3,819	54,453	1,030
Dec 31, 2002	3,824	56,170	1,028
Dec 31, 2003	3,826	57,860	1,026
Dec 31, 2004	3,827	59,599	1,025
Dec 31, 2005	3,822	61,474	1,023
Dec 31, 2006	3,805	63,479	1,021
Dec 31, 2007	3,783	65,590	1,019
Dec 31, 2008	3,761	67,800	1,017
Dec 31, 2009	3,741	70,114	1,017
Dec 31, 2010	3,722	72,550	1,019
Dec 31, 2011	3,679	75,138	1,024
Dec 31, 2012	3,636	77,792	1,032
Dec 31, 2013	3,589	80,534	1,041
Dec 31, 2014	3,534	83,368	1,051
Dec 31, 2015	3,473	86,229	1,060
Dec 31, 2016	3,411	89,193	1,069
Dec 31, 2017	3,352	92,209	1,078
Dec 31, 2018	3,295	95,232	1,087
Dec 31, 2019	3,268	98,320	1,096
Dec 31, 2020	3,247	101,499	1,106
Dec 31, 2021	3,232	104,767	1,117
Dec 31, 2022	3,228	108,171	1,126

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