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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Denmark	Congo - Kinshasa	Nigeria
Dec 31, 1999	5,322	51,181	121,649
Dec 31, 2000	5,339	52,782	125,014
Dec 31, 2001	5,358	54,453	128,513
Dec 31, 2002	5,377	56,170	132,165
Dec 31, 2003	5,391	57,860	135,971
Dec 31, 2004	5,404	59,599	139,900
Dec 31, 2005	5,420	61,474	143,914
Dec 31, 2006	5,438	63,479	148,019
Dec 31, 2007	5,461	65,590	152,195
Dec 31, 2008	5,494	67,800	156,434
Dec 31, 2009	5,524	70,114	160,751
Dec 31, 2010	5,548	72,550	165,142
Dec 31, 2011	5,571	75,138	169,607
Dec 31, 2012	5,592	77,792	174,142
Dec 31, 2013	5,614	80,534	178,737
Dec 31, 2014	5,644	83,368	183,362
Dec 31, 2015	5,683	86,229	187,979
Dec 31, 2016	5,730	89,193	192,594
Dec 31, 2017	5,766	92,209	197,417
Dec 31, 2018	5,795	95,232	202,498
Dec 31, 2019	5,818	98,320	207,699
Dec 31, 2020	5,831	101,499	213,021
Dec 31, 2021	5,855	104,767	218,473
Dec 31, 2022	5,907	108,171	223,735

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

Nigeria

1885-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

No separate list is published for Denmark, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.