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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	Cape Verde	Puerto Rico	Denmark
Dec 31, 1999	422	3,800	5,322
Dec 31, 2000	430	3,811	5,339
Dec 31, 2001	438	3,819	5,358
Dec 31, 2002	447	3,824	5,377
Dec 31, 2003	455	3,826	5,391
Dec 31, 2004	463	3,827	5,404
Dec 31, 2005	471	3,822	5,420
Dec 31, 2006	478	3,805	5,438
Dec 31, 2007	486	3,783	5,461
Dec 31, 2008	494	3,761	5,494
Dec 31, 2009	501	3,741	5,524
Dec 31, 2010	509	3,722	5,548
Dec 31, 2011	516	3,679	5,571
Dec 31, 2012	524	3,636	5,592
Dec 31, 2013	531	3,589	5,614
Dec 31, 2014	539	3,534	5,644
Dec 31, 2015	546	3,473	5,683
Dec 31, 2016	553	3,411	5,730
Dec 31, 2017	562	3,352	5,766
Dec 31, 2018	568	3,295	5,795
Dec 31, 2019	574	3,268	5,818
Dec 31, 2020	580	3,247	5,831
Dec 31, 2021	585	3,232	5,855
Dec 31, 2022	590	3,228	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 Cape Verde, Puerto Rico, Denmark; the database as a whole is cited above.