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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	Dominica	Chile	Denmark
Dec 31, 1999	273	70	15,140	5,322
Dec 31, 2000	274	71	15,340	5,339
Dec 31, 2001	275	71	15,513	5,358
Dec 31, 2002	276	72	15,686	5,377
Dec 31, 2003	278	72	15,859	5,391
Dec 31, 2004	279	72	16,029	5,404
Dec 31, 2005	280	72	16,222	5,420
Dec 31, 2006	281	72	16,364	5,438
Dec 31, 2007	282	72	16,536	5,461
Dec 31, 2008	283	73	16,700	5,494
Dec 31, 2009	285	73	16,864	5,524
Dec 31, 2010	286	73	16,999	5,548
Dec 31, 2011	287	73	17,189	5,571
Dec 31, 2012	288	73	17,378	5,592
Dec 31, 2013	289	73	17,545	5,614
Dec 31, 2014	290	73	17,720	5,644
Dec 31, 2015	291	74	17,904	5,683
Dec 31, 2016	291	74	18,099	5,730
Dec 31, 2017	292	74	18,350	5,766
Dec 31, 2018	293	74	18,681	5,795
Dec 31, 2019	294	75	19,035	5,818
Dec 31, 2020	294	75	19,385	5,831
Dec 31, 2021	295	76	19,604	5,855
Dec 31, 2022	295	76	19,715	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

Chile

1810–2004: Díaz, J.B. Lüders, R. and Wagner, G. (2007) Economia Chilena 1810 - 2000, Producto total y sectorial una nueva mirada, Pontificia universidad Catolica de Chile, Insituto de Economia, Documeno de Trabajo no. 315

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