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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	Puerto Rico
Dec 31, 1999	9,417	51,181	3,800
Dec 31, 2000	9,514	52,782	3,811
Dec 31, 2001	9,613	54,453	3,819
Dec 31, 2002	9,711	56,170	3,824
Dec 31, 2003	9,810	57,860	3,826
Dec 31, 2004	9,906	59,599	3,827
Dec 31, 2005	9,997	61,474	3,822
Dec 31, 2006	10,087	63,479	3,805
Dec 31, 2007	10,178	65,590	3,783
Dec 31, 2008	10,274	67,800	3,761
Dec 31, 2009	10,377	70,114	3,741
Dec 31, 2010	10,491	72,550	3,722
Dec 31, 2011	10,612	75,138	3,679
Dec 31, 2012	10,737	77,792	3,636
Dec 31, 2013	10,866	80,534	3,589
Dec 31, 2014	10,996	83,368	3,534
Dec 31, 2015	11,124	86,229	3,473
Dec 31, 2016	11,248	89,193	3,411
Dec 31, 2017	11,365	92,209	3,352
Dec 31, 2018	11,477	95,232	3,295
Dec 31, 2019	11,583	98,320	3,268
Dec 31, 2020	11,681	101,499	3,247
Dec 31, 2021	11,772	104,767	3,232
Dec 31, 2022	11,862	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 Tunisia, Congo - Kinshasa, Puerto Rico; the database as a whole is cited above.