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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	Gabon
Dec 31, 1999	5,322	51,181	1,143
Dec 31, 2000	5,339	52,782	1,179
Dec 31, 2001	5,358	54,453	1,207
Dec 31, 2002	5,377	56,170	1,234
Dec 31, 2003	5,391	57,860	1,262
Dec 31, 2004	5,404	59,599	1,297
Dec 31, 2005	5,420	61,474	1,340
Dec 31, 2006	5,438	63,479	1,384
Dec 31, 2007	5,461	65,590	1,434
Dec 31, 2008	5,494	67,800	1,487
Dec 31, 2009	5,524	70,114	1,542
Dec 31, 2010	5,548	72,550	1,600
Dec 31, 2011	5,571	75,138	1,656
Dec 31, 2012	5,592	77,792	1,714
Dec 31, 2013	5,614	80,534	1,778
Dec 31, 2014	5,644	83,368	1,843
Dec 31, 2015	5,683	86,229	1,905
Dec 31, 2016	5,730	89,193	1,966
Dec 31, 2017	5,766	92,209	2,025
Dec 31, 2018	5,795	95,232	2,083
Dec 31, 2019	5,818	98,320	2,139
Dec 31, 2020	5,831	101,499	2,193
Dec 31, 2021	5,855	104,767	2,246
Dec 31, 2022	5,907	108,171	2,292

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