Population, long-run history: compare countries

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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	Iran	Denmark
Dec 31, 1999	64,704	5,322
Dec 31, 2000	65,411	5,339
Dec 31, 2001	66,167	5,358
Dec 31, 2002	66,689	5,377
Dec 31, 2003	67,807	5,391
Dec 31, 2004	68,480	5,404
Dec 31, 2005	69,325	5,420
Dec 31, 2006	70,158	5,438
Dec 31, 2007	71,040	5,461
Dec 31, 2008	71,942	5,494
Dec 31, 2009	72,888	5,524
Dec 31, 2010	73,826	5,548
Dec 31, 2011	74,625	5,571
Dec 31, 2012	75,446	5,592
Dec 31, 2013	76,418	5,614
Dec 31, 2014	77,521	5,644
Dec 31, 2015	78,652	5,683
Dec 31, 2016	79,700	5,730
Dec 31, 2017	80,725	5,766
Dec 31, 2018	81,721	5,795
Dec 31, 2019	82,685	5,818
Dec 31, 2020	83,614	5,831
Dec 31, 2021	84,505	5,855
Dec 31, 2022	85,108	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.

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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

Iran

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

No separate list is published for Denmark; the database as a whole is cited above.