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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	Sudan	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	3,800	26,168	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	3,811	26,771	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	3,819	27,387	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	3,824	28,017	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	3,826	28,662	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	3,827	29,321	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	3,822	29,996	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	3,805	30,686	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	3,783	31,393	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	3,761	32,137	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	3,741	33,078	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	3,722	33,891	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	3,679	34,568	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	3,636	35,293	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	3,589	36,093	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	3,534	37,058	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	3,473	38,165	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	3,411	39,294	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	3,352	40,512	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	3,295	41,764	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	3,268	42,952	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	3,247	44,121	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	3,232	45,290	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	3,228	46,498	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, Sudan, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.