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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	North Korea	Oman	Denmark
Dec 31, 1999	22,594	2,348	5,322
Dec 31, 2000	22,785	2,403	5,339
Dec 31, 2001	22,977	2,457	5,358
Dec 31, 2002	23,165	2,510	5,377
Dec 31, 2003	23,330	2,562	5,391
Dec 31, 2004	23,477	2,613	5,404
Dec 31, 2005	23,621	2,663	5,420
Dec 31, 2006	23,764	2,713	5,438
Dec 31, 2007	23,908	2,764	5,461
Dec 31, 2008	24,051	2,816	5,494
Dec 31, 2009	24,191	2,871	5,524
Dec 31, 2010	24,326	2,928	5,548
Dec 31, 2011	24,457	2,986	5,571
Dec 31, 2012	24,589	3,047	5,592
Dec 31, 2013	24,720	3,110	5,614
Dec 31, 2014	24,852	3,174	5,644
Dec 31, 2015	24,983	3,240	5,683
Dec 31, 2016	25,115	3,307	5,730
Dec 31, 2017	25,248	3,375	5,766
Dec 31, 2018	25,381	3,444	5,795
Dec 31, 2019	25,497	3,512	5,818
Dec 31, 2020	25,608	3,582	5,831
Dec 31, 2021	25,711	3,651	5,855
Dec 31, 2022	25,808	3,696	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

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 Oman, Denmark; the database as a whole is cited above.