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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	Iceland	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	5,322	277	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	5,339	281	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	5,358	285	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	5,377	288	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	5,391	289	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	5,404	293	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	5,420	296	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	5,438	304	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	5,461	311	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	5,494	319	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	5,524	319	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	5,548	318	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	5,571	319	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	5,592	321	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	5,614	324	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	5,644	327	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	5,683	331	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	5,730	335	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	5,766	343	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	5,795	353	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	5,818	361	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	5,831	366	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	5,855	372	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	5,907	380	108,171

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.

All data sources

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

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

No separate list is published for Denmark, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.