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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	Afghanistan
Dec 31, 1999	5,322	51,181	22,206
Dec 31, 2000	5,339	52,782	22,461
Dec 31, 2001	5,358	54,453	22,507
Dec 31, 2002	5,377	56,170	23,600
Dec 31, 2003	5,391	57,860	25,005
Dec 31, 2004	5,404	59,599	25,698
Dec 31, 2005	5,420	61,474	26,335
Dec 31, 2006	5,438	63,479	27,154
Dec 31, 2007	5,461	65,590	27,387
Dec 31, 2008	5,494	67,800	27,706
Dec 31, 2009	5,524	70,114	28,484
Dec 31, 2010	5,548	72,550	29,121
Dec 31, 2011	5,571	75,138	29,758
Dec 31, 2012	5,592	77,792	30,420
Dec 31, 2013	5,614	80,534	31,108
Dec 31, 2014	5,644	83,368	31,823
Dec 31, 2015	5,683	86,229	32,564
Dec 31, 2016	5,730	89,193	33,332
Dec 31, 2017	5,766	92,209	34,125
Dec 31, 2018	5,795	95,232	34,941
Dec 31, 2019	5,818	98,320	35,972
Dec 31, 2020	5,831	101,499	37,034
Dec 31, 2021	5,855	104,767	38,127
Dec 31, 2022	5,907	108,171	39,252

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, Afghanistan; the database as a whole is cited above.