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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Denmark	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Uganda
Dec 31, 1999	5,322	3,811	23,408
Dec 31, 2000	5,339	3,901	24,195
Dec 31, 2001	5,358	3,919	24,992
Dec 31, 2002	5,377	3,923	25,846
Dec 31, 2003	5,391	3,940	26,661
Dec 31, 2004	5,404	3,975	27,414
Dec 31, 2005	5,420	3,991	28,200
Dec 31, 2006	5,438	3,993	29,021
Dec 31, 2007	5,461	3,990	29,846
Dec 31, 2008	5,494	3,987	30,647
Dec 31, 2009	5,524	3,985	31,469
Dec 31, 2010	5,548	3,983	32,343
Dec 31, 2011	5,571	3,980	33,257
Dec 31, 2012	5,592	3,977	34,234
Dec 31, 2013	5,614	3,973	35,271
Dec 31, 2014	5,644	3,968	36,419
Dec 31, 2015	5,683	3,963	37,673
Dec 31, 2016	5,730	3,957	39,157
Dec 31, 2017	5,766	3,951	40,879
Dec 31, 2018	5,795	3,944	42,329
Dec 31, 2019	5,818	3,937	43,639
Dec 31, 2020	5,831	3,929	45,120
Dec 31, 2021	5,855	3,921	46,645
Dec 31, 2022	5,907	3,876	48,065

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

Bosnia & Herzegovina

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

Uganda

1906-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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