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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Denmark	Congo - Kinshasa	Cuba
Dec 31, 1999	5,322	51,181	11,108
Dec 31, 2000	5,339	52,782	11,147
Dec 31, 2001	5,358	54,453	11,179
Dec 31, 2002	5,377	56,170	11,210
Dec 31, 2003	5,391	57,860	11,241
Dec 31, 2004	5,404	59,599	11,260
Dec 31, 2005	5,420	61,474	11,268
Dec 31, 2006	5,438	63,479	11,266
Dec 31, 2007	5,461	65,590	11,261
Dec 31, 2008	5,494	67,800	11,258
Dec 31, 2009	5,524	70,114	11,260
Dec 31, 2010	5,548	72,550	11,262
Dec 31, 2011	5,571	75,138	11,264
Dec 31, 2012	5,592	77,792	11,262
Dec 31, 2013	5,614	80,534	11,250
Dec 31, 2014	5,644	83,368	11,238
Dec 31, 2015	5,683	86,229	11,214
Dec 31, 2016	5,730	89,193	11,180
Dec 31, 2017	5,766	92,209	11,147
Dec 31, 2018	5,795	95,232	11,116
Dec 31, 2019	5,818	98,320	11,105
Dec 31, 2020	5,831	101,499	11,089
Dec 31, 2021	5,855	104,767	11,046
Dec 31, 2022	5,907	108,171	11,003

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

Cuba

1690–1895: Santamaria Garcia, A. (2005). Las Cuentas nacionales de Cuba, 1960 - 2005', mimeo
1902–1958: Ward, M. and Devereux, J. (2012), “The Road Not Taken: Pre-Revolutionary Cuban Living Standards in Comparative Perspective” Journal of Economic History, 72(1): 104–132

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