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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	Malta	Denmark
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	387	5,322
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	390	5,339
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	393	5,358
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	396	5,377
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	398	5,391
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	401	5,404
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	404	5,420
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	405	5,438
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	406	5,461
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	409	5,494
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	412	5,524
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	414	5,548
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	416	5,571
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	420	5,592
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	426	5,614
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	435	5,644
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	445	5,683
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	455	5,730
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	468	5,766
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	485	5,795
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	504	5,818
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	516	5,831
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	518	5,855
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	530	5,907

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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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, Malta, Denmark; the database as a whole is cited above.