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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	São Tomé & Príncipe	Denmark
Dec 31, 1999	273	138	5,322
Dec 31, 2000	274	141	5,339
Dec 31, 2001	275	144	5,358
Dec 31, 2002	276	147	5,377
Dec 31, 2003	278	151	5,391
Dec 31, 2004	279	154	5,404
Dec 31, 2005	280	158	5,420
Dec 31, 2006	281	161	5,438
Dec 31, 2007	282	165	5,461
Dec 31, 2008	283	168	5,494
Dec 31, 2009	285	172	5,524
Dec 31, 2010	286	176	5,548
Dec 31, 2011	287	180	5,571
Dec 31, 2012	288	183	5,592
Dec 31, 2013	289	187	5,614
Dec 31, 2014	290	190	5,644
Dec 31, 2015	291	194	5,683
Dec 31, 2016	291	198	5,730
Dec 31, 2017	292	201	5,766
Dec 31, 2018	293	204	5,795
Dec 31, 2019	294	208	5,818
Dec 31, 2020	294	212	5,831
Dec 31, 2021	295	216	5,855
Dec 31, 2022	295	220	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, São Tomé & Príncipe, Denmark; the database as a whole is cited above.