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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date Congo - KinshasaNigerDenmark
51,18110,4245,322
52,78210,7855,339
54,45311,1705,358
56,17011,5805,377
57,86012,0155,391
59,59912,4725,404
61,47412,9545,420
63,47913,4595,438
65,59013,9865,461
67,80014,5325,494
70,11415,0925,524
72,55015,6695,548
75,13816,2635,571
77,79216,9035,592
80,53417,5695,614
83,36818,2425,644
86,22918,9575,683
89,19319,7085,730
92,20920,4625,766
95,23221,2285,795
98,32022,0235,818
101,49922,8425,831
104,76723,6915,855
108,17124,5875,907

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