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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	Dominica	Barbados	Albania	Denmark
Dec 31, 1999	70	273	3,085	5,322
Dec 31, 2000	71	274	3,065	5,339
Dec 31, 2001	71	275	3,047	5,358
Dec 31, 2002	72	276	3,038	5,377
Dec 31, 2003	72	278	3,026	5,391
Dec 31, 2004	72	279	3,014	5,404
Dec 31, 2005	72	280	2,998	5,420
Dec 31, 2006	72	281	2,979	5,438
Dec 31, 2007	72	282	2,957	5,461
Dec 31, 2008	73	283	2,934	5,494
Dec 31, 2009	73	285	2,915	5,524
Dec 31, 2010	73	286	2,900	5,548
Dec 31, 2011	73	287	2,892	5,571
Dec 31, 2012	73	288	2,888	5,592
Dec 31, 2013	73	289	2,882	5,614
Dec 31, 2014	73	290	2,876	5,644
Dec 31, 2015	74	291	2,868	5,683
Dec 31, 2016	74	291	2,863	5,730
Dec 31, 2017	74	292	2,861	5,766
Dec 31, 2018	74	293	2,854	5,795
Dec 31, 2019	75	294	2,842	5,818
Dec 31, 2020	75	294	2,825	5,831
Dec 31, 2021	76	295	2,799	5,855
Dec 31, 2022	76	295	2,787	5,907

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.

All data sources

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 Dominica, Barbados, Albania, Denmark; the database as a whole is cited above.