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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Venezuela	Congo - Kinshasa	Denmark
Dec 31, 1999	23,188	51,181	5,322
Dec 31, 2000	23,601	52,782	5,339
Dec 31, 2001	24,011	54,453	5,358
Dec 31, 2002	24,425	56,170	5,377
Dec 31, 2003	24,841	57,860	5,391
Dec 31, 2004	25,255	59,599	5,404
Dec 31, 2005	25,667	61,474	5,420
Dec 31, 2006	26,079	63,479	5,438
Dec 31, 2007	26,589	65,590	5,461
Dec 31, 2008	27,098	67,800	5,494
Dec 31, 2009	27,510	70,114	5,524
Dec 31, 2010	27,920	72,550	5,548
Dec 31, 2011	28,327	75,138	5,571
Dec 31, 2012	28,722	77,792	5,592
Dec 31, 2013	29,111	80,534	5,614
Dec 31, 2014	29,418	83,368	5,644
Dec 31, 2015	29,693	86,229	5,683
Dec 31, 2016	29,961	89,193	5,730
Dec 31, 2017	29,856	92,209	5,766
Dec 31, 2018	28,858	95,232	5,795
Dec 31, 2019	27,921	98,320	5,818
Dec 31, 2020	27,871	101,499	5,831
Dec 31, 2021	28,316	104,767	5,855
Dec 31, 2022	28,418	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

Venezuela

1830–2012: De Corso, G. (2013). El crecimiento economico de Venuzuela, Desde la Oligarquia Conservadora Hasta La Revolucion Bolivariana: 1830-2012. Uno Vision cuantitativa *: Venezuelan Economic Growth From The Conservative Oligarchy To The Bolivarian Revolution (1830-2012), Revista De Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, 31(3), 321-357. doi:10.1017/S0212610913000190

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