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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 DenmarkYemenCongo - Kinshasa
5,32216,72851,181
5,33917,23652,782
5,35817,76254,453
5,37718,31056,170
5,39118,85557,860
5,40419,41059,599
5,42020,00061,474
5,43820,61163,479
5,46121,23665,590
5,49421,87867,800
5,52422,53370,114
5,54823,19572,550
5,57123,88075,138
5,59224,59477,792
5,61425,31180,534
5,64426,02083,368
5,68326,69886,229
5,73027,34789,193
5,76627,98592,209
5,79528,60895,232
5,81829,21698,320
5,83129,811101,499
5,85530,399104,767
5,90731,058108,171

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