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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Cuba	Congo - Kinshasa	Denmark
Dec 31, 1999	11,108	51,181	5,322
Dec 31, 2000	11,147	52,782	5,339
Dec 31, 2001	11,179	54,453	5,358
Dec 31, 2002	11,210	56,170	5,377
Dec 31, 2003	11,241	57,860	5,391
Dec 31, 2004	11,260	59,599	5,404
Dec 31, 2005	11,268	61,474	5,420
Dec 31, 2006	11,266	63,479	5,438
Dec 31, 2007	11,261	65,590	5,461
Dec 31, 2008	11,258	67,800	5,494
Dec 31, 2009	11,260	70,114	5,524
Dec 31, 2010	11,262	72,550	5,548
Dec 31, 2011	11,264	75,138	5,571
Dec 31, 2012	11,262	77,792	5,592
Dec 31, 2013	11,250	80,534	5,614
Dec 31, 2014	11,238	83,368	5,644
Dec 31, 2015	11,214	86,229	5,683
Dec 31, 2016	11,180	89,193	5,730
Dec 31, 2017	11,147	92,209	5,766
Dec 31, 2018	11,116	95,232	5,795
Dec 31, 2019	11,105	98,320	5,818
Dec 31, 2020	11,089	101,499	5,831
Dec 31, 2021	11,046	104,767	5,855
Dec 31, 2022	11,003	108,171	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

Cuba

1690–1895: Santamaria Garcia, A. (2005). Las Cuentas nacionales de Cuba, 1960 - 2005', mimeo
1902–1958: Ward, M. and Devereux, J. (2012), “The Road Not Taken: Pre-Revolutionary Cuban Living Standards in Comparative Perspective” Journal of Economic History, 72(1): 104–132

No separate list is published for Congo - Kinshasa, Denmark; the database as a whole is cited above.