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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 DenmarkAlbaniaCongo - Brazzaville
5,3223,0852,886
5,3393,0652,999
5,3583,0473,113
5,3773,0383,181
5,3913,0263,274
5,4043,0143,400
5,4202,9983,543
5,4382,9793,702
5,4612,9573,859
5,4942,9343,989
5,5242,9154,146
5,5482,9004,324
5,5712,8924,468
5,5922,8884,581
5,6142,8824,667
5,6442,8764,757
5,6832,8684,851
5,7302,8634,951
5,7662,8615,055
5,7952,8545,164
5,8182,8425,279
5,8312,8255,400
5,8552,7995,527
5,9072,7875,655

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 Denmark, Albania, Congo - Brazzaville; the database as a whole is cited above.