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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	Afghanistan	Denmark
Dec 31, 1999	22,206	5,322
Dec 31, 2000	22,461	5,339
Dec 31, 2001	22,507	5,358
Dec 31, 2002	23,600	5,377
Dec 31, 2003	25,005	5,391
Dec 31, 2004	25,698	5,404
Dec 31, 2005	26,335	5,420
Dec 31, 2006	27,154	5,438
Dec 31, 2007	27,387	5,461
Dec 31, 2008	27,706	5,494
Dec 31, 2009	28,484	5,524
Dec 31, 2010	29,121	5,548
Dec 31, 2011	29,758	5,571
Dec 31, 2012	30,420	5,592
Dec 31, 2013	31,108	5,614
Dec 31, 2014	31,823	5,644
Dec 31, 2015	32,564	5,683
Dec 31, 2016	33,332	5,730
Dec 31, 2017	34,125	5,766
Dec 31, 2018	34,941	5,795
Dec 31, 2019	35,972	5,818
Dec 31, 2020	37,034	5,831
Dec 31, 2021	38,127	5,855
Dec 31, 2022	39,252	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

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