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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	Botswana
Dec 31, 1999	5,322	51,181	1,630
Dec 31, 2000	5,339	52,782	1,665
Dec 31, 2001	5,358	54,453	1,698
Dec 31, 2002	5,377	56,170	1,730
Dec 31, 2003	5,391	57,860	1,761
Dec 31, 2004	5,404	59,599	1,792
Dec 31, 2005	5,420	61,474	1,824
Dec 31, 2006	5,438	63,479	1,857
Dec 31, 2007	5,461	65,590	1,890
Dec 31, 2008	5,494	67,800	1,923
Dec 31, 2009	5,524	70,114	1,956
Dec 31, 2010	5,548	72,550	1,990
Dec 31, 2011	5,571	75,138	2,023
Dec 31, 2012	5,592	77,792	2,057
Dec 31, 2013	5,614	80,534	2,091
Dec 31, 2014	5,644	83,368	2,125
Dec 31, 2015	5,683	86,229	2,159
Dec 31, 2016	5,730	89,193	2,194
Dec 31, 2017	5,766	92,209	2,228
Dec 31, 2018	5,795	95,232	2,262
Dec 31, 2019	5,818	98,320	2,297
Dec 31, 2020	5,831	101,499	2,331
Dec 31, 2021	5,855	104,767	2,365
Dec 31, 2022	5,907	108,171	2,403

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