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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	Latvia	Congo - Kinshasa	Denmark
Dec 31, 1999	2,386	51,181	5,322
Dec 31, 2000	2,363	52,782	5,339
Dec 31, 2001	2,333	54,453	5,358
Dec 31, 2002	2,306	56,170	5,377
Dec 31, 2003	2,284	57,860	5,391
Dec 31, 2004	2,259	59,599	5,404
Dec 31, 2005	2,235	61,474	5,420
Dec 31, 2006	2,215	63,479	5,438
Dec 31, 2007	2,197	65,590	5,461
Dec 31, 2008	2,174	67,800	5,494
Dec 31, 2009	2,138	70,114	5,524
Dec 31, 2010	2,093	72,550	5,548
Dec 31, 2011	2,055	75,138	5,571
Dec 31, 2012	2,030	77,792	5,592
Dec 31, 2013	2,009	80,534	5,614
Dec 31, 2014	1,991	83,368	5,644
Dec 31, 2015	1,974	86,229	5,683
Dec 31, 2016	1,956	89,193	5,730
Dec 31, 2017	1,938	92,209	5,766
Dec 31, 2018	1,923	95,232	5,795
Dec 31, 2019	1,910	98,320	5,818
Dec 31, 2020	1,897	101,499	5,831
Dec 31, 2021	1,880	104,767	5,855
Dec 31, 2022	1,883	108,171	5,907

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