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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Bangladesh	Portugal	Denmark
Dec 31, 1999	132,907	10,144	5,322
Dec 31, 2000	135,207	10,215	5,339
Dec 31, 2001	137,420	10,288	5,358
Dec 31, 2002	139,573	10,344	5,377
Dec 31, 2003	141,650	10,383	5,391
Dec 31, 2004	143,644	10,408	5,404
Dec 31, 2005	145,546	10,427	5,420
Dec 31, 2006	147,376	10,446	5,438
Dec 31, 2007	149,047	10,467	5,461
Dec 31, 2008	150,562	10,482	5,494
Dec 31, 2009	152,189	10,492	5,524
Dec 31, 2010	153,927	10,497	5,548
Dec 31, 2011	155,634	10,481	5,571
Dec 31, 2012	157,326	10,439	5,592
Dec 31, 2013	158,999	10,382	5,614
Dec 31, 2014	160,650	10,326	5,644
Dec 31, 2015	162,273	10,283	5,683
Dec 31, 2016	163,938	10,251	5,730
Dec 31, 2017	165,655	10,226	5,766
Dec 31, 2018	167,358	10,209	5,795
Dec 31, 2019	169,045	10,212	5,818
Dec 31, 2020	170,709	10,223	5,831
Dec 31, 2021	172,354	10,214	5,855
Dec 31, 2022	174,217	10,200	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

Bangladesh

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

Portugal

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1530–1850: Palma, N., & Reis, J. (2019). From Convergence to Divergence: Portuguese Economic Growth, 1527–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 79(2), 477-506. doi:10.1017/S0022050719000056
1850-1913: Pedro Lains, "How Far Can We Go? Measuring Portuguese Economic Growth (1850-1913)"
1938-1950: R. Janes Cartado and N.E. Sequeira da Rosa, Series Longas as Contas Nacionais Portuguesas 1958-1985, Banco de Portugal, Lisbon,

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