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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	Slovenia	Denmark
Dec 31, 1999	273	1,998	5,322
Dec 31, 2000	274	2,004	5,339
Dec 31, 2001	275	2,006	5,358
Dec 31, 2002	276	2,009	5,377
Dec 31, 2003	278	2,010	5,391
Dec 31, 2004	279	2,011	5,404
Dec 31, 2005	280	2,015	5,420
Dec 31, 2006	281	2,022	5,438
Dec 31, 2007	282	2,033	5,461
Dec 31, 2008	283	2,036	5,494
Dec 31, 2009	285	2,056	5,524
Dec 31, 2010	286	2,063	5,548
Dec 31, 2011	287	2,067	5,571
Dec 31, 2012	288	2,071	5,592
Dec 31, 2013	289	2,074	5,614
Dec 31, 2014	290	2,076	5,644
Dec 31, 2015	291	2,078	5,683
Dec 31, 2016	291	2,079	5,730
Dec 31, 2017	292	2,081	5,766
Dec 31, 2018	293	2,087	5,795
Dec 31, 2019	294	2,104	5,818
Dec 31, 2020	294	2,118	5,831
Dec 31, 2021	295	2,123	5,855
Dec 31, 2022	295	2,124	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

Slovenia

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

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