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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Puerto Rico	Indonesia	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	3,800	208,105	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	3,811	211,408	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	3,819	214,475	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	3,824	217,516	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	3,826	220,549	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	3,827	224,473	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	3,822	227,534	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	3,805	230,739	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	3,783	233,918	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	3,761	237,056	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	3,741	240,140	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	3,722	243,171	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	3,679	246,150	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	3,636	249,086	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	3,589	251,947	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	3,534	254,702	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	3,473	257,351	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	3,411	259,906	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	3,352	262,379	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	3,295	264,789	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	3,268	267,142	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	3,247	269,437	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	3,232	271,674	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	3,228	273,409	108,171

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.

All data sources

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

Indonesia

1815 – 1880 (Java): Van Zanden (2012). “Economic Growth in Java 1815-1939: The Reconstruction of the Historical National Accounts of a Colonial Economy”, Maddison-Project Working Paper WP-3.
1880-2008: Van der Eng, P. (2010). The Sources of Long-Term Economic Growth in Indonesia, 1880-2008”, Explorations in Economic History, 47: 294-309

No separate list is published for Puerto Rico, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.