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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	South Africa	Denmark
Dec 31, 1999	273	46,257	5,322
Dec 31, 2000	274	46,958	5,339
Dec 31, 2001	275	47,820	5,358
Dec 31, 2002	276	48,480	5,377
Dec 31, 2003	278	48,951	5,391
Dec 31, 2004	279	49,478	5,404
Dec 31, 2005	280	50,054	5,420
Dec 31, 2006	281	50,667	5,438
Dec 31, 2007	282	51,339	5,461
Dec 31, 2008	283	52,077	5,494
Dec 31, 2009	285	52,862	5,524
Dec 31, 2010	286	53,682	5,548
Dec 31, 2011	287	54,518	5,571
Dec 31, 2012	288	55,356	5,592
Dec 31, 2013	289	56,215	5,614
Dec 31, 2014	290	57,075	5,644
Dec 31, 2015	291	57,947	5,683
Dec 31, 2016	291	58,830	5,730
Dec 31, 2017	292	59,715	5,766
Dec 31, 2018	293	60,595	5,795
Dec 31, 2019	294	61,469	5,818
Dec 31, 2020	294	62,355	5,831
Dec 31, 2021	295	62,900	5,855
Dec 31, 2022	295	63,382	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

South Africa

1700–1900 (Cape Colony): Fourie, J. and Van Zanden, J.L. (2013). GDP in the Dutch Cape Colony: the Nationals Accounts of a Slave-Based Society, South African Journal of Economics, vol. 81 (4): 467 - 490

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