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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	Puerto Rico	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	5,322	3,800	138
Dec 31, 2000	5,339	3,811	141
Dec 31, 2001	5,358	3,819	144
Dec 31, 2002	5,377	3,824	147
Dec 31, 2003	5,391	3,826	151
Dec 31, 2004	5,404	3,827	154
Dec 31, 2005	5,420	3,822	158
Dec 31, 2006	5,438	3,805	161
Dec 31, 2007	5,461	3,783	165
Dec 31, 2008	5,494	3,761	168
Dec 31, 2009	5,524	3,741	172
Dec 31, 2010	5,548	3,722	176
Dec 31, 2011	5,571	3,679	180
Dec 31, 2012	5,592	3,636	183
Dec 31, 2013	5,614	3,589	187
Dec 31, 2014	5,644	3,534	190
Dec 31, 2015	5,683	3,473	194
Dec 31, 2016	5,730	3,411	198
Dec 31, 2017	5,766	3,352	201
Dec 31, 2018	5,795	3,295	204
Dec 31, 2019	5,818	3,268	208
Dec 31, 2020	5,831	3,247	212
Dec 31, 2021	5,855	3,232	216
Dec 31, 2022	5,907	3,228	220

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 Denmark, Puerto Rico, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.