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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Denmark	Myanmar (Burma)
Dec 31, 1999	277	5,322	45,018
Dec 31, 2000	281	5,339	45,616
Dec 31, 2001	285	5,358	46,171
Dec 31, 2002	288	5,377	46,690
Dec 31, 2003	289	5,391	47,201
Dec 31, 2004	293	5,404	47,699
Dec 31, 2005	296	5,420	48,196
Dec 31, 2006	304	5,438	48,674
Dec 31, 2007	311	5,461	49,151
Dec 31, 2008	319	5,494	49,505
Dec 31, 2009	319	5,524	49,896
Dec 31, 2010	318	5,548	50,285
Dec 31, 2011	319	5,571	50,813
Dec 31, 2012	321	5,592	51,369
Dec 31, 2013	324	5,614	51,878
Dec 31, 2014	327	5,644	52,374
Dec 31, 2015	331	5,683	52,900
Dec 31, 2016	335	5,730	53,416
Dec 31, 2017	343	5,766	53,914
Dec 31, 2018	353	5,795	54,403
Dec 31, 2019	361	5,818	54,884
Dec 31, 2020	366	5,831	55,355
Dec 31, 2021	372	5,855	55,815
Dec 31, 2022	380	5,907	56,210

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.

Myanmar (Burma)

1901-1938: "Trends of Economic Growth and Income Distribution in Burma 1870-1940", Journal of the Burma Research Society, 1964, p. 144
1938-1950: E.E. Hagen, On the Theory of Social Change, Dorsey, Homewood, Illinois, 1962, Table 18-1,

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