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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	São Tomé & Príncipe	Denmark	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	138	5,322	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	141	5,339	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	144	5,358	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	147	5,377	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	151	5,391	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	154	5,404	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	158	5,420	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	161	5,438	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	165	5,461	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	168	5,494	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	172	5,524	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	176	5,548	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	180	5,571	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	183	5,592	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	187	5,614	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	190	5,644	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	194	5,683	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	198	5,730	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	201	5,766	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	204	5,795	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	208	5,818	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	212	5,831	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	216	5,855	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	220	5,907	108,171

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 São Tomé & Príncipe, Denmark, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.