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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 SingaporeDenmarkCongo - Kinshasa
3,9595,32251,181
4,0285,33952,782
4,1385,35854,453
4,1765,37756,170
4,1155,39157,860
4,1675,40459,599
4,2665,42061,474
4,4015,43863,479
4,5895,46165,590
4,8395,49467,800
4,9885,52470,114
5,0775,54872,550
5,1845,57175,138
5,3125,59277,792
5,3995,61480,534
5,4705,64483,368
5,5355,68386,229
5,6075,73089,193
5,6125,76692,209
5,6395,79595,232
5,7045,81898,320
5,6865,831101,499
5,7165,855104,767
5,7505,907108,171

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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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

Singapore

  • 1900–1959: Sugimoto, I. (2011), Economic growth of Singapore in the twentieth century: historical GDP estimates and empirical investigations, Economic Growth Centre Research Monograph ser., 2, http://www.worldscibooks.com/economics/7858.html (accessed on 30 Jan. 2013).

No separate list is published for Denmark, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.