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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	Paraguay
Dec 31, 1999	5,322	51,181	5,366
Dec 31, 2000	5,339	52,782	5,473
Dec 31, 2001	5,358	54,453	5,579
Dec 31, 2002	5,377	56,170	5,683
Dec 31, 2003	5,391	57,860	5,786
Dec 31, 2004	5,404	59,599	5,886
Dec 31, 2005	5,420	61,474	5,984
Dec 31, 2006	5,438	63,479	6,080
Dec 31, 2007	5,461	65,590	6,173
Dec 31, 2008	5,494	67,800	6,264
Dec 31, 2009	5,524	70,114	6,352
Dec 31, 2010	5,548	72,550	6,438
Dec 31, 2011	5,571	75,138	6,522
Dec 31, 2012	5,592	77,792	6,605
Dec 31, 2013	5,614	80,534	6,688
Dec 31, 2014	5,644	83,368	6,769
Dec 31, 2015	5,683	86,229	6,850
Dec 31, 2016	5,730	89,193	6,930
Dec 31, 2017	5,766	92,209	7,012
Dec 31, 2018	5,795	95,232	7,095
Dec 31, 2019	5,818	98,320	7,179
Dec 31, 2020	5,831	101,499	7,263
Dec 31, 2021	5,855	104,767	7,348
Dec 31, 2022	5,907	108,171	7,432

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