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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Denmark	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	5,322	138
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	5,339	141
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	5,358	144
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	5,377	147
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	5,391	151
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	5,404	154
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	5,420	158
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	5,438	161
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	5,461	165
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	5,494	168
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	5,524	172
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	5,548	176
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	5,571	180
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	5,592	183
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	5,614	187
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	5,644	190
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	5,683	194
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	5,730	198
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	5,766	201
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	5,795	204
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	5,818	208
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	5,831	212
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	5,855	216
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	5,907	220

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, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.