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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Sierra Leone	Congo - Kinshasa	Puerto Rico
Dec 31, 1999	3,736	51,181	3,800
Dec 31, 2000	3,809	52,782	3,811
Dec 31, 2001	4,043	54,453	3,819
Dec 31, 2002	4,287	56,170	3,824
Dec 31, 2003	4,466	57,860	3,826
Dec 31, 2004	4,602	59,599	3,827
Dec 31, 2005	4,708	61,474	3,822
Dec 31, 2006	4,818	63,479	3,805
Dec 31, 2007	4,918	65,590	3,783
Dec 31, 2008	5,023	67,800	3,761
Dec 31, 2009	5,132	70,114	3,741
Dec 31, 2010	5,246	72,550	3,722
Dec 31, 2011	5,364	75,138	3,679
Dec 31, 2012	5,486	77,792	3,636
Dec 31, 2013	5,613	80,534	3,589
Dec 31, 2014	5,744	83,368	3,534
Dec 31, 2015	5,879	86,229	3,473
Dec 31, 2016	6,019	89,193	3,411
Dec 31, 2017	6,163	92,209	3,352
Dec 31, 2018	6,312	95,232	3,295
Dec 31, 2019	6,461	98,320	3,268
Dec 31, 2020	6,611	101,499	3,247
Dec 31, 2021	6,761	104,767	3,232
Dec 31, 2022	6,910	108,171	3,228

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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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 Sierra Leone, Congo - Kinshasa, Puerto Rico; the database as a whole is cited above.