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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	Niger	Denmark
Dec 31, 1999	10,424	5,322
Dec 31, 2000	10,785	5,339
Dec 31, 2001	11,170	5,358
Dec 31, 2002	11,580	5,377
Dec 31, 2003	12,015	5,391
Dec 31, 2004	12,472	5,404
Dec 31, 2005	12,954	5,420
Dec 31, 2006	13,459	5,438
Dec 31, 2007	13,986	5,461
Dec 31, 2008	14,532	5,494
Dec 31, 2009	15,092	5,524
Dec 31, 2010	15,669	5,548
Dec 31, 2011	16,263	5,571
Dec 31, 2012	16,903	5,592
Dec 31, 2013	17,569	5,614
Dec 31, 2014	18,242	5,644
Dec 31, 2015	18,957	5,683
Dec 31, 2016	19,708	5,730
Dec 31, 2017	20,462	5,766
Dec 31, 2018	21,228	5,795
Dec 31, 2019	22,023	5,818
Dec 31, 2020	22,842	5,831
Dec 31, 2021	23,691	5,855
Dec 31, 2022	24,587	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 Niger, Denmark; the database as a whole is cited above.