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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	Belarus
Dec 31, 1999	5,322	51,181	10,064
Dec 31, 2000	5,339	52,782	10,034
Dec 31, 2001	5,358	54,453	10,000
Dec 31, 2002	5,377	56,170	9,955
Dec 31, 2003	5,391	57,860	9,905
Dec 31, 2004	5,404	59,599	9,856
Dec 31, 2005	5,420	61,474	9,807
Dec 31, 2006	5,438	63,479	9,764
Dec 31, 2007	5,461	65,590	9,734
Dec 31, 2008	5,494	67,800	9,713
Dec 31, 2009	5,524	70,114	9,697
Dec 31, 2010	5,548	72,550	9,681
Dec 31, 2011	5,571	75,138	9,662
Dec 31, 2012	5,592	77,792	9,643
Dec 31, 2013	5,614	80,534	9,624
Dec 31, 2014	5,644	83,368	9,605
Dec 31, 2015	5,683	86,229	9,585
Dec 31, 2016	5,730	89,193	9,564
Dec 31, 2017	5,766	92,209	9,542
Dec 31, 2018	5,795	95,232	9,519
Dec 31, 2019	5,818	98,320	9,495
Dec 31, 2020	5,831	101,499	9,469
Dec 31, 2021	5,855	104,767	9,442
Dec 31, 2022	5,907	108,171	9,400

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