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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date Congo - KinshasaOmanDenmarkLuxembourg
51,1812,3485,322433
52,7822,4035,339438
54,4532,4575,358443
56,1702,5105,377448
57,8602,5625,391454
59,5992,6135,404460
61,4742,6635,420467
63,4792,7135,438474
65,5902,7645,461482
67,8002,8165,494491
70,1142,8715,524500
72,5502,9285,548509
75,1382,9865,571521
77,7923,0475,592533
80,5343,1105,614547
83,3683,1745,644560
86,2293,2405,683571
89,1933,3075,730586
92,2093,3755,766599
95,2323,4445,795610
98,3203,5125,818623
101,4993,5825,831633
104,7673,6515,855643
108,1713,6965,907651

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.

All data sources

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