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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	Mauritania	Congo - Kinshasa	Denmark
Dec 31, 1999	2,437	51,181	5,322
Dec 31, 2000	2,501	52,782	5,339
Dec 31, 2001	2,566	54,453	5,358
Dec 31, 2002	2,632	56,170	5,377
Dec 31, 2003	2,699	57,860	5,391
Dec 31, 2004	2,768	59,599	5,404
Dec 31, 2005	2,838	61,474	5,420
Dec 31, 2006	2,909	63,479	5,438
Dec 31, 2007	2,981	65,590	5,461
Dec 31, 2008	3,055	67,800	5,494
Dec 31, 2009	3,129	70,114	5,524
Dec 31, 2010	3,205	72,550	5,548
Dec 31, 2011	3,282	75,138	5,571
Dec 31, 2012	3,359	77,792	5,592
Dec 31, 2013	3,438	80,534	5,614
Dec 31, 2014	3,517	83,368	5,644
Dec 31, 2015	3,597	86,229	5,683
Dec 31, 2016	3,677	89,193	5,730
Dec 31, 2017	3,759	92,209	5,766
Dec 31, 2018	3,840	95,232	5,795
Dec 31, 2019	3,942	98,320	5,818
Dec 31, 2020	4,045	101,499	5,831
Dec 31, 2021	4,150	104,767	5,855
Dec 31, 2022	4,259	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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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 Mauritania, Congo - Kinshasa, Denmark; the database as a whole is cited above.