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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	Yemen	Puerto Rico	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	16,728	3,800	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	17,236	3,811	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	17,762	3,819	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	18,310	3,824	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	18,855	3,826	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	19,410	3,827	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	20,000	3,822	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	20,611	3,805	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	21,236	3,783	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	21,878	3,761	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	22,533	3,741	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	23,195	3,722	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	23,880	3,679	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	24,594	3,636	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	25,311	3,589	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	26,020	3,534	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	26,698	3,473	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	27,347	3,411	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	27,985	3,352	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	28,608	3,295	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	29,216	3,268	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	29,811	3,247	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	30,399	3,232	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	31,058	3,228	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 Yemen, Puerto Rico, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.