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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Denmark	Congo - Kinshasa	Bulgaria
Dec 31, 1999	5,322	51,181	8,091
Dec 31, 2000	5,339	52,782	8,052
Dec 31, 2001	5,358	54,453	7,798
Dec 31, 2002	5,377	56,170	7,755
Dec 31, 2003	5,391	57,860	7,710
Dec 31, 2004	5,404	59,599	7,668
Dec 31, 2005	5,420	61,474	7,628
Dec 31, 2006	5,438	63,479	7,587
Dec 31, 2007	5,461	65,590	7,549
Dec 31, 2008	5,494	67,800	7,513
Dec 31, 2009	5,524	70,114	7,475
Dec 31, 2010	5,548	72,550	7,425
Dec 31, 2011	5,571	75,138	7,242
Dec 31, 2012	5,592	77,792	7,200
Dec 31, 2013	5,614	80,534	7,160
Dec 31, 2014	5,644	83,368	7,119
Dec 31, 2015	5,683	86,229	7,074
Dec 31, 2016	5,730	89,193	7,024
Dec 31, 2017	5,766	92,209	6,973
Dec 31, 2018	5,795	95,232	6,923
Dec 31, 2019	5,818	98,320	6,874
Dec 31, 2020	5,831	101,499	6,833
Dec 31, 2021	5,855	104,767	6,778
Dec 31, 2022	5,907	108,171	6,720

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

Bulgaria

1892-1945: Ivanov, M. (2006). “Bulgarian National Income between 1892 and 1924,” Bulgarian National Discussion Papers DP/54/2006

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