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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 SenegalDenmarkCongo - Kinshasa
10,0705,32251,181
10,3055,33952,782
10,5765,35854,453
10,8645,37756,170
11,1725,39157,860
11,4985,40459,599
11,8395,42061,474
12,2045,43863,479
12,5845,46165,590
12,9785,49467,800
13,3825,52470,114
13,7945,54872,550
14,2265,57175,138
14,6685,59277,792
15,1215,61480,534
15,5895,64483,368
16,0665,68386,229
16,5495,73089,193
17,0445,76692,209
17,5355,79595,232
18,0215,81898,320
18,5185,831101,499
19,0165,855104,767
19,5125,907108,171

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