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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	Djibouti	Burkina Faso	Denmark
Dec 31, 1999	646	11,075	5,322
Dec 31, 2000	669	11,405	5,339
Dec 31, 2001	693	11,828	5,358
Dec 31, 2002	716	12,380	5,377
Dec 31, 2003	691	12,829	5,391
Dec 31, 2004	657	13,178	5,404
Dec 31, 2005	666	13,540	5,420
Dec 31, 2006	679	13,917	5,438
Dec 31, 2007	694	14,309	5,461
Dec 31, 2008	709	14,722	5,494
Dec 31, 2009	725	15,152	5,524
Dec 31, 2010	741	15,600	5,548
Dec 31, 2011	757	16,064	5,571
Dec 31, 2012	774	16,563	5,592
Dec 31, 2013	792	17,072	5,614
Dec 31, 2014	810	17,575	5,644
Dec 31, 2015	828	18,094	5,683
Dec 31, 2016	847	18,621	5,730
Dec 31, 2017	865	19,157	5,766
Dec 31, 2018	884	19,698	5,795
Dec 31, 2019	898	20,242	5,818
Dec 31, 2020	912	20,788	5,831
Dec 31, 2021	924	21,336	5,855
Dec 31, 2022	937	21,889	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 Djibouti, Burkina Faso, Denmark; the database as a whole is cited above.