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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	Chad
Dec 31, 1999	3,800	51,181	7,559
Dec 31, 2000	3,811	52,782	7,821
Dec 31, 2001	3,819	54,453	8,092
Dec 31, 2002	3,824	56,170	8,395
Dec 31, 2003	3,826	57,860	8,763
Dec 31, 2004	3,827	59,599	9,191
Dec 31, 2005	3,822	61,474	9,594
Dec 31, 2006	3,805	63,479	9,967
Dec 31, 2007	3,783	65,590	10,338
Dec 31, 2008	3,761	67,800	10,728
Dec 31, 2009	3,741	70,114	11,139
Dec 31, 2010	3,722	72,550	11,550
Dec 31, 2011	3,679	75,138	11,983
Dec 31, 2012	3,636	77,792	12,427
Dec 31, 2013	3,589	80,534	12,895
Dec 31, 2014	3,534	83,368	13,379
Dec 31, 2015	3,473	86,229	13,823
Dec 31, 2016	3,411	89,193	14,277
Dec 31, 2017	3,352	92,209	14,765
Dec 31, 2018	3,295	95,232	15,252
Dec 31, 2019	3,268	98,320	15,750
Dec 31, 2020	3,247	101,499	16,257
Dec 31, 2021	3,232	104,767	16,776
Dec 31, 2022	3,228	108,171	17,307

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