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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	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	5,322	51,181	273
Dec 31, 2000	5,339	52,782	274
Dec 31, 2001	5,358	54,453	275
Dec 31, 2002	5,377	56,170	276
Dec 31, 2003	5,391	57,860	278
Dec 31, 2004	5,404	59,599	279
Dec 31, 2005	5,420	61,474	280
Dec 31, 2006	5,438	63,479	281
Dec 31, 2007	5,461	65,590	282
Dec 31, 2008	5,494	67,800	283
Dec 31, 2009	5,524	70,114	285
Dec 31, 2010	5,548	72,550	286
Dec 31, 2011	5,571	75,138	287
Dec 31, 2012	5,592	77,792	288
Dec 31, 2013	5,614	80,534	289
Dec 31, 2014	5,644	83,368	290
Dec 31, 2015	5,683	86,229	291
Dec 31, 2016	5,730	89,193	291
Dec 31, 2017	5,766	92,209	292
Dec 31, 2018	5,795	95,232	293
Dec 31, 2019	5,818	98,320	294
Dec 31, 2020	5,831	101,499	294
Dec 31, 2021	5,855	104,767	295
Dec 31, 2022	5,907	108,171	295

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