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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	Turkmenistan	Congo - Kinshasa	Puerto Rico
Dec 31, 1999	4,324	51,181	3,800
Dec 31, 2000	4,385	52,782	3,811
Dec 31, 2001	4,444	54,453	3,819
Dec 31, 2002	4,502	56,170	3,824
Dec 31, 2003	4,556	57,860	3,826
Dec 31, 2004	4,608	59,599	3,827
Dec 31, 2005	4,664	61,474	3,822
Dec 31, 2006	4,719	63,479	3,805
Dec 31, 2007	4,773	65,590	3,783
Dec 31, 2008	4,828	67,800	3,761
Dec 31, 2009	4,884	70,114	3,741
Dec 31, 2010	4,940	72,550	3,722
Dec 31, 2011	4,996	75,138	3,679
Dec 31, 2012	5,053	77,792	3,636
Dec 31, 2013	5,110	80,534	3,589
Dec 31, 2014	5,169	83,368	3,534
Dec 31, 2015	5,227	86,229	3,473
Dec 31, 2016	5,287	89,193	3,411
Dec 31, 2017	5,346	92,209	3,352
Dec 31, 2018	5,405	95,232	3,295
Dec 31, 2019	5,464	98,320	3,268
Dec 31, 2020	5,522	101,499	3,247
Dec 31, 2021	5,579	104,767	3,232
Dec 31, 2022	5,657	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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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 Turkmenistan, Congo - Kinshasa, Puerto Rico; the database as a whole is cited above.