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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	Turkmenistan
Dec 31, 1999	5,322	51,181	4,324
Dec 31, 2000	5,339	52,782	4,385
Dec 31, 2001	5,358	54,453	4,444
Dec 31, 2002	5,377	56,170	4,502
Dec 31, 2003	5,391	57,860	4,556
Dec 31, 2004	5,404	59,599	4,608
Dec 31, 2005	5,420	61,474	4,664
Dec 31, 2006	5,438	63,479	4,719
Dec 31, 2007	5,461	65,590	4,773
Dec 31, 2008	5,494	67,800	4,828
Dec 31, 2009	5,524	70,114	4,884
Dec 31, 2010	5,548	72,550	4,940
Dec 31, 2011	5,571	75,138	4,996
Dec 31, 2012	5,592	77,792	5,053
Dec 31, 2013	5,614	80,534	5,110
Dec 31, 2014	5,644	83,368	5,169
Dec 31, 2015	5,683	86,229	5,227
Dec 31, 2016	5,730	89,193	5,287
Dec 31, 2017	5,766	92,209	5,346
Dec 31, 2018	5,795	95,232	5,405
Dec 31, 2019	5,818	98,320	5,464
Dec 31, 2020	5,831	101,499	5,522
Dec 31, 2021	5,855	104,767	5,579
Dec 31, 2022	5,907	108,171	5,657

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