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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

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

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.