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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	Barbados	Denmark	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	273	5,322	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	274	5,339	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	275	5,358	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	276	5,377	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	278	5,391	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	279	5,404	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	280	5,420	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	281	5,438	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	282	5,461	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	283	5,494	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	285	5,524	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	286	5,548	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	287	5,571	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	288	5,592	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	289	5,614	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	290	5,644	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	291	5,683	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	291	5,730	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	292	5,766	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	293	5,795	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	294	5,818	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	294	5,831	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	295	5,855	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	295	5,907	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 Barbados, Denmark, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.