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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 DenmarkOmanCongo - Kinshasa
5,3222,34851,181
5,3392,40352,782
5,3582,45754,453
5,3772,51056,170
5,3912,56257,860
5,4042,61359,599
5,4202,66361,474
5,4382,71363,479
5,4612,76465,590
5,4942,81667,800
5,5242,87170,114
5,5482,92872,550
5,5712,98675,138
5,5923,04777,792
5,6143,11080,534
5,6443,17483,368
5,6833,24086,229
5,7303,30789,193
5,7663,37592,209
5,7953,44495,232
5,8183,51298,320
5,8313,582101,499
5,8553,651104,767
5,9073,696108,171

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