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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	São Tomé & Príncipe	United Arab Emirates
Dec 31, 1999	5,322	138	3,101
Dec 31, 2000	5,339	141	3,284
Dec 31, 2001	5,358	144	3,458
Dec 31, 2002	5,377	147	3,613
Dec 31, 2003	5,391	151	3,754
Dec 31, 2004	5,404	154	3,882
Dec 31, 2005	5,420	158	4,000
Dec 31, 2006	5,438	161	4,532
Dec 31, 2007	5,461	165	5,623
Dec 31, 2008	5,494	168	7,277
Dec 31, 2009	5,524	172	8,164
Dec 31, 2010	5,548	176	8,152
Dec 31, 2011	5,571	180	8,438
Dec 31, 2012	5,592	183	8,747
Dec 31, 2013	5,614	187	9,077
Dec 31, 2014	5,644	190	9,321
Dec 31, 2015	5,683	194	9,461
Dec 31, 2016	5,730	198	9,587
Dec 31, 2017	5,766	201	9,699
Dec 31, 2018	5,795	204	9,796
Dec 31, 2019	5,818	208	9,879
Dec 31, 2020	5,831	212	9,953
Dec 31, 2021	5,855	216	10,018
Dec 31, 2022	5,907	220	10,099

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, São Tomé & Príncipe, United Arab Emirates; the database as a whole is cited above.