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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	Saudi Arabia	Bosnia & Herzegovina
Dec 31, 1999	5,322	19,964	3,811
Dec 31, 2000	5,339	20,426	3,901
Dec 31, 2001	5,358	20,956	3,919
Dec 31, 2002	5,377	21,549	3,923
Dec 31, 2003	5,391	22,189	3,940
Dec 31, 2004	5,404	22,850	3,975
Dec 31, 2005	5,420	23,516	3,991
Dec 31, 2006	5,438	24,178	3,993
Dec 31, 2007	5,461	24,841	3,990
Dec 31, 2008	5,494	25,518	3,987
Dec 31, 2009	5,524	26,227	3,985
Dec 31, 2010	5,548	27,068	3,983
Dec 31, 2011	5,571	27,810	3,980
Dec 31, 2012	5,592	28,516	3,977
Dec 31, 2013	5,614	29,220	3,973
Dec 31, 2014	5,644	29,936	3,968
Dec 31, 2015	5,683	30,646	3,963
Dec 31, 2016	5,730	31,360	3,957
Dec 31, 2017	5,766	32,184	3,951
Dec 31, 2018	5,795	32,869	3,944
Dec 31, 2019	5,818	33,661	3,937
Dec 31, 2020	5,831	34,542	3,929
Dec 31, 2021	5,855	33,651	3,921
Dec 31, 2022	5,907	34,081	3,876

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

Saudi Arabia

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

Bosnia & Herzegovina

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

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