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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date DenmarkMoldovaCongo - Kinshasa
5,3224,24451,181
5,3394,19952,782
5,3584,15454,453
5,3774,10856,170
5,3914,05957,860
5,4044,01359,599
5,4203,96661,474
5,4383,91963,479
5,4613,87365,590
5,4943,82967,800
5,5243,78870,114
5,5483,74872,550
5,5713,70975,138
5,5923,67177,792
5,6143,63380,534
5,6443,59583,368
5,6833,55886,229
5,7303,52289,193
5,7663,48592,209
5,7953,44895,232
5,8183,41298,320
5,8313,376101,499
5,8553,339104,767
5,9073,570108,171

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.

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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, Moldova, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.