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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	St. Lucia	Puerto Rico	Denmark
Dec 31, 1999	152	3,800	5,322
Dec 31, 2000	153	3,811	5,339
Dec 31, 2001	154	3,819	5,358
Dec 31, 2002	155	3,824	5,377
Dec 31, 2003	156	3,826	5,391
Dec 31, 2004	157	3,827	5,404
Dec 31, 2005	157	3,822	5,420
Dec 31, 2006	158	3,805	5,438
Dec 31, 2007	159	3,783	5,461
Dec 31, 2008	160	3,761	5,494
Dec 31, 2009	160	3,741	5,524
Dec 31, 2010	161	3,722	5,548
Dec 31, 2011	162	3,679	5,571
Dec 31, 2012	162	3,636	5,592
Dec 31, 2013	163	3,589	5,614
Dec 31, 2014	163	3,534	5,644
Dec 31, 2015	164	3,473	5,683
Dec 31, 2016	164	3,411	5,730
Dec 31, 2017	165	3,352	5,766
Dec 31, 2018	166	3,295	5,795
Dec 31, 2019	166	3,268	5,818
Dec 31, 2020	167	3,247	5,831
Dec 31, 2021	167	3,232	5,855
Dec 31, 2022	167	3,228	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

No separate list is published for St. Lucia, Puerto Rico, Denmark; the database as a whole is cited above.