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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	Denmark	Iceland	Myanmar (Burma)
Dec 31, 1999	273	5,322	277	45,018
Dec 31, 2000	274	5,339	281	45,616
Dec 31, 2001	275	5,358	285	46,171
Dec 31, 2002	276	5,377	288	46,690
Dec 31, 2003	278	5,391	289	47,201
Dec 31, 2004	279	5,404	293	47,699
Dec 31, 2005	280	5,420	296	48,196
Dec 31, 2006	281	5,438	304	48,674
Dec 31, 2007	282	5,461	311	49,151
Dec 31, 2008	283	5,494	319	49,505
Dec 31, 2009	285	5,524	319	49,896
Dec 31, 2010	286	5,548	318	50,285
Dec 31, 2011	287	5,571	319	50,813
Dec 31, 2012	288	5,592	321	51,369
Dec 31, 2013	289	5,614	324	51,878
Dec 31, 2014	290	5,644	327	52,374
Dec 31, 2015	291	5,683	331	52,900
Dec 31, 2016	291	5,730	335	53,416
Dec 31, 2017	292	5,766	343	53,914
Dec 31, 2018	293	5,795	353	54,403
Dec 31, 2019	294	5,818	361	54,884
Dec 31, 2020	294	5,831	366	55,355
Dec 31, 2021	295	5,855	372	55,815
Dec 31, 2022	295	5,907	380	56,210

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

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

Myanmar (Burma)

1901-1938: "Trends of Economic Growth and Income Distribution in Burma 1870-1940", Journal of the Burma Research Society, 1964, p. 144
1938-1950: E.E. Hagen, On the Theory of Social Change, Dorsey, Homewood, Illinois, 1962, Table 18-1,

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