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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	Mali	Denmark
Dec 31, 1999	273	10,596	5,322
Dec 31, 2000	274	10,833	5,339
Dec 31, 2001	275	10,890	5,358
Dec 31, 2002	276	11,007	5,377
Dec 31, 2003	278	11,307	5,391
Dec 31, 2004	279	11,579	5,404
Dec 31, 2005	280	11,804	5,420
Dec 31, 2006	281	12,043	5,438
Dec 31, 2007	282	12,337	5,461
Dec 31, 2008	283	12,657	5,494
Dec 31, 2009	285	12,986	5,524
Dec 31, 2010	286	13,325	5,548
Dec 31, 2011	287	13,679	5,571
Dec 31, 2012	288	14,040	5,592
Dec 31, 2013	289	14,412	5,614
Dec 31, 2014	290	14,803	5,644
Dec 31, 2015	291	15,210	5,683
Dec 31, 2016	291	15,629	5,730
Dec 31, 2017	292	16,060	5,766
Dec 31, 2018	293	16,507	5,795
Dec 31, 2019	294	16,967	5,818
Dec 31, 2020	294	17,442	5,831
Dec 31, 2021	295	17,930	5,855
Dec 31, 2022	295	18,494	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.

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