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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Denmark	Cameroon
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	5,322	15,483
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	5,339	15,913
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	5,358	16,354
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	5,377	16,815
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	5,391	17,289
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	5,404	17,764
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	5,420	18,249
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	5,438	18,746
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	5,461	19,278
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	5,494	19,843
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	5,524	20,419
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	5,548	21,002
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	5,571	21,586
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	5,592	22,181
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	5,614	22,800
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	5,644	23,513
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	5,683	24,273
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	5,730	24,995
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	5,766	25,680
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	5,795	26,373
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	5,818	27,114
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	5,831	27,878
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	5,855	28,663
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	5,907	29,417

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 Congo - Kinshasa, Denmark, Cameroon; the database as a whole is cited above.