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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	Central African Republic
Dec 31, 1999	5,322	51,181	3,889
Dec 31, 2000	5,339	52,782	3,980
Dec 31, 2001	5,358	54,453	4,054
Dec 31, 2002	5,377	56,170	4,128
Dec 31, 2003	5,391	57,860	4,215
Dec 31, 2004	5,404	59,599	4,289
Dec 31, 2005	5,420	61,474	4,363
Dec 31, 2006	5,438	63,479	4,449
Dec 31, 2007	5,461	65,590	4,544
Dec 31, 2008	5,494	67,800	4,641
Dec 31, 2009	5,524	70,114	4,742
Dec 31, 2010	5,548	72,550	4,845
Dec 31, 2011	5,571	75,138	4,950
Dec 31, 2012	5,592	77,792	5,057
Dec 31, 2013	5,614	80,534	5,167
Dec 31, 2014	5,644	83,368	5,278
Dec 31, 2015	5,683	86,229	5,392
Dec 31, 2016	5,730	89,193	5,507
Dec 31, 2017	5,766	92,209	5,625
Dec 31, 2018	5,795	95,232	5,745
Dec 31, 2019	5,818	98,320	5,874
Dec 31, 2020	5,831	101,499	6,025
Dec 31, 2021	5,855	104,767	6,154
Dec 31, 2022	5,907	108,171	6,291

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, Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.