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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	São Tomé & Príncipe	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	5,322	138	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	5,339	141	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	5,358	144	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	5,377	147	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	5,391	151	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	5,404	154	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	5,420	158	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	5,438	161	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	5,461	165	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	5,494	168	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	5,524	172	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	5,548	176	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	5,571	180	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	5,592	183	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	5,614	187	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	5,644	190	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	5,683	194	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	5,730	198	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	5,766	201	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	5,795	204	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	5,818	208	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	5,831	212	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	5,855	216	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	5,907	220	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.

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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, São Tomé & Príncipe, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.