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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	Iceland	Venezuela	Denmark
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	23,188	5,322
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	23,601	5,339
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	24,011	5,358
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	24,425	5,377
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	24,841	5,391
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	25,255	5,404
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	25,667	5,420
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	26,079	5,438
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	26,589	5,461
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	27,098	5,494
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	27,510	5,524
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	27,920	5,548
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	28,327	5,571
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	28,722	5,592
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	29,111	5,614
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	29,418	5,644
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	29,693	5,683
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	29,961	5,730
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	29,856	5,766
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	28,858	5,795
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	27,921	5,818
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	27,871	5,831
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	28,316	5,855
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	28,418	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

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.

Venezuela

1830–2012: De Corso, G. (2013). El crecimiento economico de Venuzuela, Desde la Oligarquia Conservadora Hasta La Revolucion Bolivariana: 1830-2012. Uno Vision cuantitativa *: Venezuelan Economic Growth From The Conservative Oligarchy To The Bolivarian Revolution (1830-2012), Revista De Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, 31(3), 321-357. doi:10.1017/S0212610913000190

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