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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	Tanzania
Dec 31, 1999	3,800	51,181	32,912
Dec 31, 2000	3,811	52,782	33,953
Dec 31, 2001	3,819	54,453	34,974
Dec 31, 2002	3,824	56,170	36,021
Dec 31, 2003	3,826	57,860	37,100
Dec 31, 2004	3,827	59,599	38,167
Dec 31, 2005	3,822	61,474	39,262
Dec 31, 2006	3,805	63,479	40,387
Dec 31, 2007	3,783	65,590	41,557
Dec 31, 2008	3,761	67,800	42,741
Dec 31, 2009	3,741	70,114	43,889
Dec 31, 2010	3,722	72,550	45,132
Dec 31, 2011	3,679	75,138	46,531
Dec 31, 2012	3,636	77,792	47,965
Dec 31, 2013	3,589	80,534	49,437
Dec 31, 2014	3,534	83,368	50,965
Dec 31, 2015	3,473	86,229	52,604
Dec 31, 2016	3,411	89,193	54,336
Dec 31, 2017	3,352	92,209	56,062
Dec 31, 2018	3,295	95,232	57,765
Dec 31, 2019	3,268	98,320	59,465
Dec 31, 2020	3,247	101,499	61,191
Dec 31, 2021	3,232	104,767	62,944
Dec 31, 2022	3,228	108,171	64,835

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