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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 YemenCongo - KinshasaDenmark
16,72851,1815,322
17,23652,7825,339
17,76254,4535,358
18,31056,1705,377
18,85557,8605,391
19,41059,5995,404
20,00061,4745,420
20,61163,4795,438
21,23665,5905,461
21,87867,8005,494
22,53370,1145,524
23,19572,5505,548
23,88075,1385,571
24,59477,7925,592
25,31180,5345,614
26,02083,3685,644
26,69886,2295,683
27,34789,1935,730
27,98592,2095,766
28,60895,2325,795
29,21698,3205,818
29,811101,4995,831
30,399104,7675,855
31,058108,1715,907

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