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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	Lesotho
Dec 31, 1999	273	5,322	1,908
Dec 31, 2000	274	5,339	1,916
Dec 31, 2001	275	5,358	1,922
Dec 31, 2002	276	5,377	1,926
Dec 31, 2003	278	5,391	1,926
Dec 31, 2004	279	5,404	1,925
Dec 31, 2005	280	5,420	1,922
Dec 31, 2006	281	5,438	1,919
Dec 31, 2007	282	5,461	1,917
Dec 31, 2008	283	5,494	1,915
Dec 31, 2009	285	5,524	1,916
Dec 31, 2010	286	5,548	1,920
Dec 31, 2011	287	5,571	1,925
Dec 31, 2012	288	5,592	1,930
Dec 31, 2013	289	5,614	1,936
Dec 31, 2014	290	5,644	1,942
Dec 31, 2015	291	5,683	1,948
Dec 31, 2016	291	5,730	1,953
Dec 31, 2017	292	5,766	1,958
Dec 31, 2018	293	5,795	1,962
Dec 31, 2019	294	5,818	1,987
Dec 31, 2020	294	5,831	2,013
Dec 31, 2021	295	5,855	2,037
Dec 31, 2022	295	5,907	2,059

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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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, Denmark, Lesotho; the database as a whole is cited above.