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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	Ethiopia
Dec 31, 1999	5,322	51,181	63,575
Dec 31, 2000	5,339	52,782	65,213
Dec 31, 2001	5,358	54,453	66,889
Dec 31, 2002	5,377	56,170	68,649
Dec 31, 2003	5,391	57,860	70,491
Dec 31, 2004	5,404	59,599	72,389
Dec 31, 2005	5,420	61,474	74,327
Dec 31, 2006	5,438	63,479	76,326
Dec 31, 2007	5,461	65,590	78,411
Dec 31, 2008	5,494	67,800	80,564
Dec 31, 2009	5,524	70,114	82,787
Dec 31, 2010	5,548	72,550	85,096
Dec 31, 2011	5,571	75,138	87,530
Dec 31, 2012	5,592	77,792	90,066
Dec 31, 2013	5,614	80,534	92,632
Dec 31, 2014	5,644	83,368	95,337
Dec 31, 2015	5,683	86,229	98,114
Dec 31, 2016	5,730	89,193	100,858
Dec 31, 2017	5,766	92,209	103,654
Dec 31, 2018	5,795	95,232	106,466
Dec 31, 2019	5,818	98,320	109,267
Dec 31, 2020	5,831	101,499	112,100
Dec 31, 2021	5,855	104,767	114,964
Dec 31, 2022	5,907	108,171	117,924

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