Population, long-run history: compare countries

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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	Yemen	Denmark
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	16,728	5,322
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	17,236	5,339
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	17,762	5,358
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	18,310	5,377
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	18,855	5,391
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	19,410	5,404
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	20,000	5,420
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	20,611	5,438
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	21,236	5,461
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	21,878	5,494
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	22,533	5,524
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	23,195	5,548
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	23,880	5,571
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	24,594	5,592
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	25,311	5,614
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	26,020	5,644
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	26,698	5,683
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	27,347	5,730
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	27,985	5,766
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	28,608	5,795
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	29,216	5,818
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	29,811	5,831
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	30,399	5,855
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	31,058	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

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