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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Denmark	Ghana
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	5,322	19,327
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	5,339	19,792
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	5,358	20,280
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	5,377	20,806
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	5,391	21,350
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	5,404	21,900
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	5,420	22,469
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	5,438	23,058
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	5,461	23,661
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	5,494	24,270
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	5,524	24,899
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	5,548	25,559
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	5,571	26,244
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	5,592	26,945
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	5,614	27,664
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	5,644	28,405
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	5,683	29,146
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	5,730	29,879
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	5,766	30,617
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	5,795	31,362
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	5,818	32,111
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	5,831	32,864
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	5,855	33,622
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	5,907	34,280

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

Ghana

1885-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

No separate list is published for Congo - Kinshasa, Denmark; the database as a whole is cited above.