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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	Namibia
Dec 31, 1999	70	5,322	1,841
Dec 31, 2000	71	5,339	1,893
Dec 31, 2001	71	5,358	1,945
Dec 31, 2002	72	5,377	1,981
Dec 31, 2003	72	5,391	2,008
Dec 31, 2004	72	5,404	2,034
Dec 31, 2005	72	5,420	2,060
Dec 31, 2006	72	5,438	2,086
Dec 31, 2007	72	5,461	2,113
Dec 31, 2008	73	5,494	2,141
Dec 31, 2009	73	5,524	2,170
Dec 31, 2010	73	5,548	2,201
Dec 31, 2011	73	5,571	2,232
Dec 31, 2012	73	5,592	2,268
Dec 31, 2013	73	5,614	2,312
Dec 31, 2014	73	5,644	2,360
Dec 31, 2015	74	5,683	2,408
Dec 31, 2016	74	5,730	2,456
Dec 31, 2017	74	5,766	2,505
Dec 31, 2018	74	5,795	2,554
Dec 31, 2019	75	5,818	2,602
Dec 31, 2020	75	5,831	2,651
Dec 31, 2021	76	5,855	2,700
Dec 31, 2022	76	5,907	2,739

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, Namibia; the database as a whole is cited above.