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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	Colombia	Denmark	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	38,365	5,322	273
Dec 31, 2000	38,911	5,339	274
Dec 31, 2001	39,411	5,358	275
Dec 31, 2002	39,918	5,377	276
Dec 31, 2003	40,416	5,391	278
Dec 31, 2004	40,899	5,404	279
Dec 31, 2005	41,374	5,420	280
Dec 31, 2006	41,862	5,438	281
Dec 31, 2007	42,324	5,461	282
Dec 31, 2008	42,781	5,494	283
Dec 31, 2009	43,264	5,524	285
Dec 31, 2010	43,771	5,548	286
Dec 31, 2011	44,225	5,571	287
Dec 31, 2012	44,660	5,592	288
Dec 31, 2013	45,081	5,614	289
Dec 31, 2014	45,846	5,644	290
Dec 31, 2015	46,290	5,683	291
Dec 31, 2016	46,796	5,730	291
Dec 31, 2017	47,385	5,766	292
Dec 31, 2018	48,222	5,795	293
Dec 31, 2019	49,326	5,818	294
Dec 31, 2020	50,283	5,831	294
Dec 31, 2021	50,978	5,855	295
Dec 31, 2022	51,332	5,907	295

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

Colombia

1800 - 1870: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307 (updated data)
1870 - 1923: Bertola, L and Ocampo, J.A. (2012) The Economic Development of Latin America since Independence. Oxford, Oxford U.P.
1929 - 1950: CEPAL, Series Historicas del Crecimiento de America Latina, Santiago, 1978

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