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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	Cyprus	Albania	Denmark
Dec 31, 1999	818	3,085	5,322
Dec 31, 2000	826	3,065	5,339
Dec 31, 2001	835	3,047	5,358
Dec 31, 2002	845	3,038	5,377
Dec 31, 2003	855	3,026	5,391
Dec 31, 2004	867	3,014	5,404
Dec 31, 2005	879	2,998	5,420
Dec 31, 2006	894	2,979	5,438
Dec 31, 2007	913	2,957	5,461
Dec 31, 2008	937	2,934	5,494
Dec 31, 2009	962	2,915	5,524
Dec 31, 2010	988	2,900	5,548
Dec 31, 2011	1,013	2,892	5,571
Dec 31, 2012	1,029	2,888	5,592
Dec 31, 2013	1,026	2,882	5,614
Dec 31, 2014	1,015	2,876	5,644
Dec 31, 2015	1,009	2,868	5,683
Dec 31, 2016	1,014	2,863	5,730
Dec 31, 2017	1,023	2,861	5,766
Dec 31, 2018	1,036	2,854	5,795
Dec 31, 2019	1,050	2,842	5,818
Dec 31, 2020	1,062	2,825	5,831
Dec 31, 2021	1,072	2,799	5,855
Dec 31, 2022	1,087	2,787	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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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 Cyprus, Albania, Denmark; the database as a whole is cited above.