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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	Barbados	Burkina Faso	Australia	Denmark
Dec 31, 1999	273	11,075	18,692	5,322
Dec 31, 2000	274	11,405	18,907	5,339
Dec 31, 2001	275	11,828	19,151	5,358
Dec 31, 2002	276	12,380	19,371	5,377
Dec 31, 2003	278	12,829	19,595	5,391
Dec 31, 2004	279	13,178	19,805	5,404
Dec 31, 2005	280	13,540	20,048	5,420
Dec 31, 2006	281	13,917	20,320	5,438
Dec 31, 2007	282	14,309	20,694	5,461
Dec 31, 2008	283	14,722	21,113	5,494
Dec 31, 2009	285	15,152	21,553	5,524
Dec 31, 2010	286	15,600	21,891	5,548
Dec 31, 2011	287	16,064	22,197	5,571
Dec 31, 2012	288	16,563	22,588	5,592
Dec 31, 2013	289	17,072	22,980	5,614
Dec 31, 2014	290	17,575	23,326	5,644
Dec 31, 2015	291	18,094	23,664	5,683
Dec 31, 2016	291	18,621	24,036	5,730
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,157	24,445	5,766
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,698	24,823	5,795
Dec 31, 2019	294	20,242	25,204	5,818
Dec 31, 2020	294	20,788	25,529	5,831
Dec 31, 2021	295	21,336	25,574	5,855
Dec 31, 2022	295	21,889	25,826	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.

All data sources

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

Australia

1820-1828: Butlin, N.G. 'Our 200 Years', Queesland Calendar, 1988
1828-1860: N.G. Butlin, "Contours of the Australian Economy 1788-1860", Australian Economic Review, Sept. 1986, pp. 112-13;
1861-1938/9: N.G. Butlin, Australian Domestic Product, Investment and Foreign Borrowing 1861-1938/9, Cambridge, 1962,pp.460-1; amdended as indicated in N.G. Butlin, Investment in Australian Economic Development 1861-19000, Cambridge, 1964, p. 453 and with revised deflator shown in M.W. Butlin, A Preliminary Annual Databae 1900/1901 to 1973/1974, Discussion Paper 7701, Reserve Bank of Australia, 1977, p. 41
1938/9-1950: from expenditure aggregates in 1966/7 prices in M.W. Butlin, RS/FLW/, p.85.

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