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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	Denmark	Iceland	Trinidad & Tobago
Dec 31, 1999	5,322	277	1,301
Dec 31, 2000	5,339	281	1,303
Dec 31, 2001	5,358	285	1,308
Dec 31, 2002	5,377	288	1,314
Dec 31, 2003	5,391	289	1,320
Dec 31, 2004	5,404	293	1,326
Dec 31, 2005	5,420	296	1,332
Dec 31, 2006	5,438	304	1,338
Dec 31, 2007	5,461	311	1,344
Dec 31, 2008	5,494	319	1,352
Dec 31, 2009	5,524	319	1,359
Dec 31, 2010	5,548	318	1,365
Dec 31, 2011	5,571	319	1,372
Dec 31, 2012	5,592	321	1,379
Dec 31, 2013	5,614	324	1,386
Dec 31, 2014	5,644	327	1,392
Dec 31, 2015	5,683	331	1,399
Dec 31, 2016	5,730	335	1,405
Dec 31, 2017	5,766	343	1,411
Dec 31, 2018	5,795	353	1,436
Dec 31, 2019	5,818	361	1,452
Dec 31, 2020	5,831	366	1,448
Dec 31, 2021	5,855	372	1,450
Dec 31, 2022	5,907	380	1,456

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

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

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