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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Denmark	North Korea
Dec 31, 1999	277	5,322	22,594
Dec 31, 2000	281	5,339	22,785
Dec 31, 2001	285	5,358	22,977
Dec 31, 2002	288	5,377	23,165
Dec 31, 2003	289	5,391	23,330
Dec 31, 2004	293	5,404	23,477
Dec 31, 2005	296	5,420	23,621
Dec 31, 2006	304	5,438	23,764
Dec 31, 2007	311	5,461	23,908
Dec 31, 2008	319	5,494	24,051
Dec 31, 2009	319	5,524	24,191
Dec 31, 2010	318	5,548	24,326
Dec 31, 2011	319	5,571	24,457
Dec 31, 2012	321	5,592	24,589
Dec 31, 2013	324	5,614	24,720
Dec 31, 2014	327	5,644	24,852
Dec 31, 2015	331	5,683	24,983
Dec 31, 2016	335	5,730	25,115
Dec 31, 2017	343	5,766	25,248
Dec 31, 2018	353	5,795	25,381
Dec 31, 2019	361	5,818	25,497
Dec 31, 2020	366	5,831	25,608
Dec 31, 2021	372	5,855	25,711
Dec 31, 2022	380	5,907	25,808

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

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

North Korea

1911-1940: Cha, M.S., Kim, N.N., Park, K.-J., Park, Y. (Eds.) (2020), Historical Statistics of Korea. Studies in Economic History, New York: Springer Publishing.
1990-2011: Cha, M.S., Kim, N.N., Park, K.-J., Park, Y. (Eds.) (2020), Historical Statistics of Korea. Studies in Economic History, New York: Springer Publishing.

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