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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date Puerto RicoSeychellesCongo - Kinshasa
3,8007851,181
3,8117952,782
3,8198054,453
3,8248156,170
3,8268257,860
3,8278359,599
3,8228461,474
3,8058563,479
3,7838665,590
3,7618767,800
3,7418770,114
3,7228872,550
3,6798975,138
3,6369077,792
3,5899180,534
3,5349283,368
3,4739286,229
3,4119389,193
3,3529492,209
3,2959595,232
3,2689698,320
3,24797101,499
3,23298104,767
3,22898108,171

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