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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 YemenDenmarkCongo - Kinshasa
16,7285,32251,181
17,2365,33952,782
17,7625,35854,453
18,3105,37756,170
18,8555,39157,860
19,4105,40459,599
20,0005,42061,474
20,6115,43863,479
21,2365,46165,590
21,8785,49467,800
22,5335,52470,114
23,1955,54872,550
23,8805,57175,138
24,5945,59277,792
25,3115,61480,534
26,0205,64483,368
26,6985,68386,229
27,3475,73089,193
27,9855,76692,209
28,6085,79595,232
29,2165,81898,320
29,8115,831101,499
30,3995,855104,767
31,0585,907108,171

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

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