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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	Nepal
Dec 31, 1999	5,322	51,181	23,087
Dec 31, 2000	5,339	52,782	23,487
Dec 31, 2001	5,358	54,453	23,887
Dec 31, 2002	5,377	56,170	24,273
Dec 31, 2003	5,391	57,860	24,645
Dec 31, 2004	5,404	59,599	24,989
Dec 31, 2005	5,420	61,474	25,255
Dec 31, 2006	5,438	63,479	25,484
Dec 31, 2007	5,461	65,590	25,732
Dec 31, 2008	5,494	67,800	25,998
Dec 31, 2009	5,524	70,114	26,298
Dec 31, 2010	5,548	72,550	26,664
Dec 31, 2011	5,571	75,138	27,081
Dec 31, 2012	5,592	77,792	27,505
Dec 31, 2013	5,614	80,534	27,917
Dec 31, 2014	5,644	83,368	28,311
Dec 31, 2015	5,683	86,229	28,678
Dec 31, 2016	5,730	89,193	29,034
Dec 31, 2017	5,766	92,209	29,384
Dec 31, 2018	5,795	95,232	29,718
Dec 31, 2019	5,818	98,320	30,057
Dec 31, 2020	5,831	101,499	30,595
Dec 31, 2021	5,855	104,767	31,311
Dec 31, 2022	5,907	108,171	31,845

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