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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	Denmark	Lithuania
Dec 31, 1999	273	70	5,322	3,419
Dec 31, 2000	274	71	5,339	3,395
Dec 31, 2001	275	71	5,358	3,367
Dec 31, 2002	276	72	5,377	3,340
Dec 31, 2003	278	72	5,391	3,313
Dec 31, 2004	279	72	5,404	3,276
Dec 31, 2005	280	72	5,420	3,223
Dec 31, 2006	281	72	5,438	3,172
Dec 31, 2007	282	72	5,461	3,134
Dec 31, 2008	283	73	5,494	3,102
Dec 31, 2009	285	73	5,524	3,068
Dec 31, 2010	286	73	5,548	3,004
Dec 31, 2011	287	73	5,571	2,937
Dec 31, 2012	288	73	5,592	2,898
Dec 31, 2013	289	73	5,614	2,869
Dec 31, 2014	290	73	5,644	2,844
Dec 31, 2015	291	74	5,683	2,818
Dec 31, 2016	291	74	5,730	2,782
Dec 31, 2017	292	74	5,766	2,744
Dec 31, 2018	293	74	5,795	2,718
Dec 31, 2019	294	75	5,818	2,710
Dec 31, 2020	294	75	5,831	2,711
Dec 31, 2021	295	76	5,855	2,724
Dec 31, 2022	295	76	5,907	2,748

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