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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	Libya
Dec 31, 1999	5,322	51,181	4,993
Dec 31, 2000	5,339	52,782	5,116
Dec 31, 2001	5,358	54,453	5,237
Dec 31, 2002	5,377	56,170	5,357
Dec 31, 2003	5,391	57,860	5,476
Dec 31, 2004	5,404	59,599	5,595
Dec 31, 2005	5,420	61,474	5,715
Dec 31, 2006	5,438	63,479	5,835
Dec 31, 2007	5,461	65,590	5,967
Dec 31, 2008	5,494	67,800	6,115
Dec 31, 2009	5,524	70,114	6,270
Dec 31, 2010	5,548	72,550	6,432
Dec 31, 2011	5,571	75,138	6,144
Dec 31, 2012	5,592	77,792	5,849
Dec 31, 2013	5,614	80,534	6,010
Dec 31, 2014	5,644	83,368	6,163
Dec 31, 2015	5,683	86,229	6,291
Dec 31, 2016	5,730	89,193	6,415
Dec 31, 2017	5,766	92,209	6,549
Dec 31, 2018	5,795	95,232	6,689
Dec 31, 2019	5,818	98,320	6,826
Dec 31, 2020	5,831	101,499	6,960
Dec 31, 2021	5,855	104,767	7,088
Dec 31, 2022	5,907	108,171	7,169

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