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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	Malta	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	3,800	387	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	3,811	390	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	3,819	393	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	3,824	396	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	3,826	398	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	3,827	401	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	3,822	404	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	3,805	405	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	3,783	406	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	3,761	409	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	3,741	412	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	3,722	414	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	3,679	416	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	3,636	420	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	3,589	426	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	3,534	435	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	3,473	445	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	3,411	455	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	3,352	468	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	3,295	485	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	3,268	504	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	3,247	516	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	3,232	518	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	3,228	530	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.

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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, Malta, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.