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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	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	10,424	5,322	273
Dec 31, 2000	10,785	5,339	274
Dec 31, 2001	11,170	5,358	275
Dec 31, 2002	11,580	5,377	276
Dec 31, 2003	12,015	5,391	278
Dec 31, 2004	12,472	5,404	279
Dec 31, 2005	12,954	5,420	280
Dec 31, 2006	13,459	5,438	281
Dec 31, 2007	13,986	5,461	282
Dec 31, 2008	14,532	5,494	283
Dec 31, 2009	15,092	5,524	285
Dec 31, 2010	15,669	5,548	286
Dec 31, 2011	16,263	5,571	287
Dec 31, 2012	16,903	5,592	288
Dec 31, 2013	17,569	5,614	289
Dec 31, 2014	18,242	5,644	290
Dec 31, 2015	18,957	5,683	291
Dec 31, 2016	19,708	5,730	291
Dec 31, 2017	20,462	5,766	292
Dec 31, 2018	21,228	5,795	293
Dec 31, 2019	22,023	5,818	294
Dec 31, 2020	22,842	5,831	294
Dec 31, 2021	23,691	5,855	295
Dec 31, 2022	24,587	5,907	295

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, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.