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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date Congo - KinshasaCentral African RepublicDenmark
51,1813,8895,322
52,7823,9805,339
54,4534,0545,358
56,1704,1285,377
57,8604,2155,391
59,5994,2895,404
61,4744,3635,420
63,4794,4495,438
65,5904,5445,461
67,8004,6415,494
70,1144,7425,524
72,5504,8455,548
75,1384,9505,571
77,7925,0575,592
80,5345,1675,614
83,3685,2785,644
86,2295,3925,683
89,1935,5075,730
92,2095,6255,766
95,2325,7455,795
98,3205,8745,818
101,4996,0255,831
104,7676,1545,855
108,1716,2915,907

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 Congo - Kinshasa, Central African Republic, Denmark; the database as a whole is cited above.