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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	Côte d’Ivoire	Burkina Faso	Denmark
Dec 31, 1999	273	17,106	11,075	5,322
Dec 31, 2000	274	17,552	11,405	5,339
Dec 31, 2001	275	18,010	11,828	5,358
Dec 31, 2002	276	18,438	12,380	5,377
Dec 31, 2003	278	18,895	12,829	5,391
Dec 31, 2004	279	19,432	13,178	5,404
Dec 31, 2005	280	19,968	13,540	5,420
Dec 31, 2006	281	20,512	13,917	5,438
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,097	14,309	5,461
Dec 31, 2008	283	21,699	14,722	5,494
Dec 31, 2009	285	22,285	15,152	5,524
Dec 31, 2010	286	22,845	15,600	5,548
Dec 31, 2011	287	23,343	16,064	5,571
Dec 31, 2012	288	23,879	16,563	5,592
Dec 31, 2013	289	24,492	17,072	5,614
Dec 31, 2014	290	25,104	17,575	5,644
Dec 31, 2015	291	25,719	18,094	5,683
Dec 31, 2016	291	26,348	18,621	5,730
Dec 31, 2017	292	26,984	19,157	5,766
Dec 31, 2018	293	27,614	19,698	5,795
Dec 31, 2019	294	28,252	20,242	5,818
Dec 31, 2020	294	28,895	20,788	5,831
Dec 31, 2021	295	29,546	21,336	5,855
Dec 31, 2022	295	30,279	21,889	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

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