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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	Sierra Leone
Dec 31, 1999	5,322	51,181	3,736
Dec 31, 2000	5,339	52,782	3,809
Dec 31, 2001	5,358	54,453	4,043
Dec 31, 2002	5,377	56,170	4,287
Dec 31, 2003	5,391	57,860	4,466
Dec 31, 2004	5,404	59,599	4,602
Dec 31, 2005	5,420	61,474	4,708
Dec 31, 2006	5,438	63,479	4,818
Dec 31, 2007	5,461	65,590	4,918
Dec 31, 2008	5,494	67,800	5,023
Dec 31, 2009	5,524	70,114	5,132
Dec 31, 2010	5,548	72,550	5,246
Dec 31, 2011	5,571	75,138	5,364
Dec 31, 2012	5,592	77,792	5,486
Dec 31, 2013	5,614	80,534	5,613
Dec 31, 2014	5,644	83,368	5,744
Dec 31, 2015	5,683	86,229	5,879
Dec 31, 2016	5,730	89,193	6,019
Dec 31, 2017	5,766	92,209	6,163
Dec 31, 2018	5,795	95,232	6,312
Dec 31, 2019	5,818	98,320	6,461
Dec 31, 2020	5,831	101,499	6,611
Dec 31, 2021	5,855	104,767	6,761
Dec 31, 2022	5,907	108,171	6,910

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, Sierra Leone; the database as a whole is cited above.