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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	Denmark	Congo - Kinshasa	United Arab Emirates
Dec 31, 1999	5,322	51,181	3,101
Dec 31, 2000	5,339	52,782	3,284
Dec 31, 2001	5,358	54,453	3,458
Dec 31, 2002	5,377	56,170	3,613
Dec 31, 2003	5,391	57,860	3,754
Dec 31, 2004	5,404	59,599	3,882
Dec 31, 2005	5,420	61,474	4,000
Dec 31, 2006	5,438	63,479	4,532
Dec 31, 2007	5,461	65,590	5,623
Dec 31, 2008	5,494	67,800	7,277
Dec 31, 2009	5,524	70,114	8,164
Dec 31, 2010	5,548	72,550	8,152
Dec 31, 2011	5,571	75,138	8,438
Dec 31, 2012	5,592	77,792	8,747
Dec 31, 2013	5,614	80,534	9,077
Dec 31, 2014	5,644	83,368	9,321
Dec 31, 2015	5,683	86,229	9,461
Dec 31, 2016	5,730	89,193	9,587
Dec 31, 2017	5,766	92,209	9,699
Dec 31, 2018	5,795	95,232	9,796
Dec 31, 2019	5,818	98,320	9,879
Dec 31, 2020	5,831	101,499	9,953
Dec 31, 2021	5,855	104,767	10,018
Dec 31, 2022	5,907	108,171	10,099

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 Denmark, Congo - Kinshasa, United Arab Emirates; the database as a whole is cited above.