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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Denmark	Nepal
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	5,322	23,087
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	5,339	23,487
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	5,358	23,887
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	5,377	24,273
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	5,391	24,645
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	5,404	24,989
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	5,420	25,255
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	5,438	25,484
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	5,461	25,732
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	5,494	25,998
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	5,524	26,298
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	5,548	26,664
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	5,571	27,081
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	5,592	27,505
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	5,614	27,917
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	5,644	28,311
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	5,683	28,678
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	5,730	29,034
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	5,766	29,384
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	5,795	29,718
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	5,818	30,057
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	5,831	30,595
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	5,855	31,311
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	5,907	31,845

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, Nepal; the database as a whole is cited above.