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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Denmark	Congo - Kinshasa	Puerto Rico
Dec 31, 1999	5,322	51,181	3,800
Dec 31, 2000	5,339	52,782	3,811
Dec 31, 2001	5,358	54,453	3,819
Dec 31, 2002	5,377	56,170	3,824
Dec 31, 2003	5,391	57,860	3,826
Dec 31, 2004	5,404	59,599	3,827
Dec 31, 2005	5,420	61,474	3,822
Dec 31, 2006	5,438	63,479	3,805
Dec 31, 2007	5,461	65,590	3,783
Dec 31, 2008	5,494	67,800	3,761
Dec 31, 2009	5,524	70,114	3,741
Dec 31, 2010	5,548	72,550	3,722
Dec 31, 2011	5,571	75,138	3,679
Dec 31, 2012	5,592	77,792	3,636
Dec 31, 2013	5,614	80,534	3,589
Dec 31, 2014	5,644	83,368	3,534
Dec 31, 2015	5,683	86,229	3,473
Dec 31, 2016	5,730	89,193	3,411
Dec 31, 2017	5,766	92,209	3,352
Dec 31, 2018	5,795	95,232	3,295
Dec 31, 2019	5,818	98,320	3,268
Dec 31, 2020	5,831	101,499	3,247
Dec 31, 2021	5,855	104,767	3,232
Dec 31, 2022	5,907	108,171	3,228

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, Puerto Rico; the database as a whole is cited above.