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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	Nepal	Sudan	Denmark
Dec 31, 1999	23,087	26,168	5,322
Dec 31, 2000	23,487	26,771	5,339
Dec 31, 2001	23,887	27,387	5,358
Dec 31, 2002	24,273	28,017	5,377
Dec 31, 2003	24,645	28,662	5,391
Dec 31, 2004	24,989	29,321	5,404
Dec 31, 2005	25,255	29,996	5,420
Dec 31, 2006	25,484	30,686	5,438
Dec 31, 2007	25,732	31,393	5,461
Dec 31, 2008	25,998	32,137	5,494
Dec 31, 2009	26,298	33,078	5,524
Dec 31, 2010	26,664	33,891	5,548
Dec 31, 2011	27,081	34,568	5,571
Dec 31, 2012	27,505	35,293	5,592
Dec 31, 2013	27,917	36,093	5,614
Dec 31, 2014	28,311	37,058	5,644
Dec 31, 2015	28,678	38,165	5,683
Dec 31, 2016	29,034	39,294	5,730
Dec 31, 2017	29,384	40,512	5,766
Dec 31, 2018	29,718	41,764	5,795
Dec 31, 2019	30,057	42,952	5,818
Dec 31, 2020	30,595	44,121	5,831
Dec 31, 2021	31,311	45,290	5,855
Dec 31, 2022	31,845	46,498	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 Nepal, Sudan, Denmark; the database as a whole is cited above.