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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	Cameroon	Barbados	Denmark
Dec 31, 1999	15,483	273	5,322
Dec 31, 2000	15,913	274	5,339
Dec 31, 2001	16,354	275	5,358
Dec 31, 2002	16,815	276	5,377
Dec 31, 2003	17,289	278	5,391
Dec 31, 2004	17,764	279	5,404
Dec 31, 2005	18,249	280	5,420
Dec 31, 2006	18,746	281	5,438
Dec 31, 2007	19,278	282	5,461
Dec 31, 2008	19,843	283	5,494
Dec 31, 2009	20,419	285	5,524
Dec 31, 2010	21,002	286	5,548
Dec 31, 2011	21,586	287	5,571
Dec 31, 2012	22,181	288	5,592
Dec 31, 2013	22,800	289	5,614
Dec 31, 2014	23,513	290	5,644
Dec 31, 2015	24,273	291	5,683
Dec 31, 2016	24,995	291	5,730
Dec 31, 2017	25,680	292	5,766
Dec 31, 2018	26,373	293	5,795
Dec 31, 2019	27,114	294	5,818
Dec 31, 2020	27,878	294	5,831
Dec 31, 2021	28,663	295	5,855
Dec 31, 2022	29,417	295	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 Cameroon, Barbados, Denmark; the database as a whole is cited above.