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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	Mongolia
Dec 31, 1999	5,322	51,181	2,433
Dec 31, 2000	5,339	52,782	2,461
Dec 31, 2001	5,358	54,453	2,489
Dec 31, 2002	5,377	56,170	2,519
Dec 31, 2003	5,391	57,860	2,547
Dec 31, 2004	5,404	59,599	2,574
Dec 31, 2005	5,420	61,474	2,602
Dec 31, 2006	5,438	63,479	2,633
Dec 31, 2007	5,461	65,590	2,666
Dec 31, 2008	5,494	67,800	2,702
Dec 31, 2009	5,524	70,114	2,741
Dec 31, 2010	5,548	72,550	2,783
Dec 31, 2011	5,571	75,138	2,827
Dec 31, 2012	5,592	77,792	2,870
Dec 31, 2013	5,614	80,534	2,912
Dec 31, 2014	5,644	83,368	2,953
Dec 31, 2015	5,683	86,229	2,993
Dec 31, 2016	5,730	89,193	3,031
Dec 31, 2017	5,766	92,209	3,068
Dec 31, 2018	5,795	95,232	3,103
Dec 31, 2019	5,818	98,320	3,171
Dec 31, 2020	5,831	101,499	3,231
Dec 31, 2021	5,855	104,767	3,284
Dec 31, 2022	5,907	108,171	3,333

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