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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	Yemen	Denmark
Dec 31, 1999	152	16,728	5,322
Dec 31, 2000	153	17,236	5,339
Dec 31, 2001	154	17,762	5,358
Dec 31, 2002	155	18,310	5,377
Dec 31, 2003	156	18,855	5,391
Dec 31, 2004	157	19,410	5,404
Dec 31, 2005	157	20,000	5,420
Dec 31, 2006	158	20,611	5,438
Dec 31, 2007	159	21,236	5,461
Dec 31, 2008	160	21,878	5,494
Dec 31, 2009	160	22,533	5,524
Dec 31, 2010	161	23,195	5,548
Dec 31, 2011	162	23,880	5,571
Dec 31, 2012	162	24,594	5,592
Dec 31, 2013	163	25,311	5,614
Dec 31, 2014	163	26,020	5,644
Dec 31, 2015	164	26,698	5,683
Dec 31, 2016	164	27,347	5,730
Dec 31, 2017	165	27,985	5,766
Dec 31, 2018	166	28,608	5,795
Dec 31, 2019	166	29,216	5,818
Dec 31, 2020	167	29,811	5,831
Dec 31, 2021	167	30,399	5,855
Dec 31, 2022	167	31,058	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, Yemen, Denmark; the database as a whole is cited above.