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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 DenmarkNorwayCongo - Kinshasa
5,3224,46351,181
5,3394,49252,782
5,3584,51554,453
5,3774,53956,170
5,3914,56657,860
5,4044,59359,599
5,4204,62461,474
5,4384,66263,479
5,4614,71065,590
5,4944,76967,800
5,5244,83070,114
5,5484,89072,550
5,5714,95475,138
5,5925,02077,792
5,6145,08180,534
5,6445,13883,368
5,6835,19186,229
5,7305,23789,193
5,7665,27892,209
5,7955,31395,232
5,8185,34998,320
5,8315,380101,499
5,8555,409104,767
5,9075,458108,171

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

Norway

  • 1820–1930: Grytten, O.H. (2015). Norwegian gross domestic product by industry 1830 - 1930, Norges Bank Working paper 19/2015. Population from Maddison (2006)
  • 1930-1950: Central Bureau of Statistics Norway, 1970 and Maddison, A. Monintoring the World Economy, 1995

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