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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	Bahrain
Dec 31, 1999	5,322	51,181	633
Dec 31, 2000	5,339	52,782	648
Dec 31, 2001	5,358	54,453	665
Dec 31, 2002	5,377	56,170	707
Dec 31, 2003	5,391	57,860	773
Dec 31, 2004	5,404	59,599	839
Dec 31, 2005	5,420	61,474	907
Dec 31, 2006	5,438	63,479	974
Dec 31, 2007	5,461	65,590	1,043
Dec 31, 2008	5,494	67,800	1,096
Dec 31, 2009	5,524	70,114	1,133
Dec 31, 2010	5,548	72,550	1,168
Dec 31, 2011	5,571	75,138	1,202
Dec 31, 2012	5,592	77,792	1,236
Dec 31, 2013	5,614	80,534	1,268
Dec 31, 2014	5,644	83,368	1,301
Dec 31, 2015	5,683	86,229	1,333
Dec 31, 2016	5,730	89,193	1,365
Dec 31, 2017	5,766	92,209	1,396
Dec 31, 2018	5,795	95,232	1,428
Dec 31, 2019	5,818	98,320	1,459
Dec 31, 2020	5,831	101,499	1,489
Dec 31, 2021	5,855	104,767	1,511
Dec 31, 2022	5,907	108,171	1,521

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, Congo - Kinshasa, Bahrain; the database as a whole is cited above.