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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	Tunisia	Congo - Kinshasa	Costa Rica
Dec 31, 1999	9,417	51,181	3,785
Dec 31, 2000	9,514	52,782	3,867
Dec 31, 2001	9,613	54,453	3,951
Dec 31, 2002	9,711	56,170	4,021
Dec 31, 2003	9,810	57,860	4,079
Dec 31, 2004	9,906	59,599	4,145
Dec 31, 2005	9,997	61,474	4,212
Dec 31, 2006	10,087	63,479	4,278
Dec 31, 2007	10,178	65,590	4,338
Dec 31, 2008	10,274	67,800	4,400
Dec 31, 2009	10,377	70,114	4,467
Dec 31, 2010	10,491	72,550	4,544
Dec 31, 2011	10,612	75,138	4,587
Dec 31, 2012	10,737	77,792	4,648
Dec 31, 2013	10,866	80,534	4,707
Dec 31, 2014	10,996	83,368	4,768
Dec 31, 2015	11,124	86,229	4,827
Dec 31, 2016	11,248	89,193	4,885
Dec 31, 2017	11,365	92,209	4,942
Dec 31, 2018	11,477	95,232	4,998
Dec 31, 2019	11,583	98,320	5,052
Dec 31, 2020	11,681	101,499	5,105
Dec 31, 2021	11,772	104,767	5,158
Dec 31, 2022	11,862	108,171	5,185

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 Tunisia, Congo - Kinshasa, Costa Rica; the database as a whole is cited above.