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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 GambiaDenmarkCongo - Kinshasa
1,3205,32251,181
1,3575,33952,782
1,3935,35854,453
1,4315,37756,170
1,4695,39157,860
1,5085,40459,599
1,5485,42061,474
1,5895,43863,479
1,6305,46165,590
1,6715,49467,800
1,7135,52470,114
1,7555,54872,550
1,7985,57175,138
1,8405,59277,792
1,8835,61480,534
1,9265,64483,368
1,9685,68386,229
2,0105,73089,193
2,0515,76692,209
2,0935,79595,232
2,1475,81898,320
2,2035,831101,499
2,2605,855104,767
2,3165,907108,171

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