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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	Yemen	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	5,322	16,728	138
Dec 31, 2000	5,339	17,236	141
Dec 31, 2001	5,358	17,762	144
Dec 31, 2002	5,377	18,310	147
Dec 31, 2003	5,391	18,855	151
Dec 31, 2004	5,404	19,410	154
Dec 31, 2005	5,420	20,000	158
Dec 31, 2006	5,438	20,611	161
Dec 31, 2007	5,461	21,236	165
Dec 31, 2008	5,494	21,878	168
Dec 31, 2009	5,524	22,533	172
Dec 31, 2010	5,548	23,195	176
Dec 31, 2011	5,571	23,880	180
Dec 31, 2012	5,592	24,594	183
Dec 31, 2013	5,614	25,311	187
Dec 31, 2014	5,644	26,020	190
Dec 31, 2015	5,683	26,698	194
Dec 31, 2016	5,730	27,347	198
Dec 31, 2017	5,766	27,985	201
Dec 31, 2018	5,795	28,608	204
Dec 31, 2019	5,818	29,216	208
Dec 31, 2020	5,831	29,811	212
Dec 31, 2021	5,855	30,399	216
Dec 31, 2022	5,907	31,058	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, Yemen, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.