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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	Denmark	Mauritania
Dec 31, 1999	70	5,322	2,437
Dec 31, 2000	71	5,339	2,501
Dec 31, 2001	71	5,358	2,566
Dec 31, 2002	72	5,377	2,632
Dec 31, 2003	72	5,391	2,699
Dec 31, 2004	72	5,404	2,768
Dec 31, 2005	72	5,420	2,838
Dec 31, 2006	72	5,438	2,909
Dec 31, 2007	72	5,461	2,981
Dec 31, 2008	73	5,494	3,055
Dec 31, 2009	73	5,524	3,129
Dec 31, 2010	73	5,548	3,205
Dec 31, 2011	73	5,571	3,282
Dec 31, 2012	73	5,592	3,359
Dec 31, 2013	73	5,614	3,438
Dec 31, 2014	73	5,644	3,517
Dec 31, 2015	74	5,683	3,597
Dec 31, 2016	74	5,730	3,677
Dec 31, 2017	74	5,766	3,759
Dec 31, 2018	74	5,795	3,840
Dec 31, 2019	75	5,818	3,942
Dec 31, 2020	75	5,831	4,045
Dec 31, 2021	76	5,855	4,150
Dec 31, 2022	76	5,907	4,259

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