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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Denmark	Congo - Kinshasa	Bolivia
Dec 31, 1999	5,322	51,181	8,007
Dec 31, 2000	5,339	52,782	8,177
Dec 31, 2001	5,358	54,453	8,351
Dec 31, 2002	5,377	56,170	8,529
Dec 31, 2003	5,391	57,860	8,711
Dec 31, 2004	5,404	59,599	8,895
Dec 31, 2005	5,420	61,474	9,081
Dec 31, 2006	5,438	63,479	9,268
Dec 31, 2007	5,461	65,590	9,457
Dec 31, 2008	5,494	67,800	9,647
Dec 31, 2009	5,524	70,114	9,836
Dec 31, 2010	5,548	72,550	10,024
Dec 31, 2011	5,571	75,138	10,211
Dec 31, 2012	5,592	77,792	10,397
Dec 31, 2013	5,614	80,534	10,581
Dec 31, 2014	5,644	83,368	10,763
Dec 31, 2015	5,683	86,229	10,942
Dec 31, 2016	5,730	89,193	11,118
Dec 31, 2017	5,766	92,209	11,289
Dec 31, 2018	5,795	95,232	11,456
Dec 31, 2019	5,818	98,320	11,621
Dec 31, 2020	5,831	101,499	11,775
Dec 31, 2021	5,855	104,767	11,917
Dec 31, 2022	5,907	108,171	12,060

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

Bolivia

1846-1950: Herranz-Loncán, A. and Peres-Cajías (2016). “Bolivian GDP per capita since the mid-nineteenth century” Cliometrica 10: 99-128

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