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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

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

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.

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.