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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	Lithuania
Dec 31, 1999	5,322	51,181	3,419
Dec 31, 2000	5,339	52,782	3,395
Dec 31, 2001	5,358	54,453	3,367
Dec 31, 2002	5,377	56,170	3,340
Dec 31, 2003	5,391	57,860	3,313
Dec 31, 2004	5,404	59,599	3,276
Dec 31, 2005	5,420	61,474	3,223
Dec 31, 2006	5,438	63,479	3,172
Dec 31, 2007	5,461	65,590	3,134
Dec 31, 2008	5,494	67,800	3,102
Dec 31, 2009	5,524	70,114	3,068
Dec 31, 2010	5,548	72,550	3,004
Dec 31, 2011	5,571	75,138	2,937
Dec 31, 2012	5,592	77,792	2,898
Dec 31, 2013	5,614	80,534	2,869
Dec 31, 2014	5,644	83,368	2,844
Dec 31, 2015	5,683	86,229	2,818
Dec 31, 2016	5,730	89,193	2,782
Dec 31, 2017	5,766	92,209	2,744
Dec 31, 2018	5,795	95,232	2,718
Dec 31, 2019	5,818	98,320	2,710
Dec 31, 2020	5,831	101,499	2,711
Dec 31, 2021	5,855	104,767	2,724
Dec 31, 2022	5,907	108,171	2,748

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