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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Bangladesh	Denmark	Bosnia & Herzegovina
Dec 31, 1999	132,907	5,322	3,811
Dec 31, 2000	135,207	5,339	3,901
Dec 31, 2001	137,420	5,358	3,919
Dec 31, 2002	139,573	5,377	3,923
Dec 31, 2003	141,650	5,391	3,940
Dec 31, 2004	143,644	5,404	3,975
Dec 31, 2005	145,546	5,420	3,991
Dec 31, 2006	147,376	5,438	3,993
Dec 31, 2007	149,047	5,461	3,990
Dec 31, 2008	150,562	5,494	3,987
Dec 31, 2009	152,189	5,524	3,985
Dec 31, 2010	153,927	5,548	3,983
Dec 31, 2011	155,634	5,571	3,980
Dec 31, 2012	157,326	5,592	3,977
Dec 31, 2013	158,999	5,614	3,973
Dec 31, 2014	160,650	5,644	3,968
Dec 31, 2015	162,273	5,683	3,963
Dec 31, 2016	163,938	5,730	3,957
Dec 31, 2017	165,655	5,766	3,951
Dec 31, 2018	167,358	5,795	3,944
Dec 31, 2019	169,045	5,818	3,937
Dec 31, 2020	170,709	5,831	3,929
Dec 31, 2021	172,354	5,855	3,921
Dec 31, 2022	174,217	5,907	3,876

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

Bangladesh

1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

Bosnia & Herzegovina

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

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