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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	Malta	Denmark	North Macedonia
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	5,322	2,006
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	5,339	2,017
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	5,358	2,026
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	5,377	2,011
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	5,391	2,018
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	5,404	2,024
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	5,420	2,028
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	5,438	2,031
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	5,461	2,035
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	5,494	2,038
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	5,524	2,042
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	5,548	2,046
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	5,571	2,049
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	5,592	2,052
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	5,614	2,055
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	5,644	2,058
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	5,683	2,061
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	5,730	2,063
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	5,766	2,065
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	5,795	2,067
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	5,818	2,068
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	5,831	2,065
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	5,855	2,057
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	5,907	2,048

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

North Macedonia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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