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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	Seychelles	Denmark	Puerto Rico
Dec 31, 1999	78	5,322	3,800
Dec 31, 2000	79	5,339	3,811
Dec 31, 2001	80	5,358	3,819
Dec 31, 2002	81	5,377	3,824
Dec 31, 2003	82	5,391	3,826
Dec 31, 2004	83	5,404	3,827
Dec 31, 2005	84	5,420	3,822
Dec 31, 2006	85	5,438	3,805
Dec 31, 2007	86	5,461	3,783
Dec 31, 2008	87	5,494	3,761
Dec 31, 2009	87	5,524	3,741
Dec 31, 2010	88	5,548	3,722
Dec 31, 2011	89	5,571	3,679
Dec 31, 2012	90	5,592	3,636
Dec 31, 2013	91	5,614	3,589
Dec 31, 2014	92	5,644	3,534
Dec 31, 2015	92	5,683	3,473
Dec 31, 2016	93	5,730	3,411
Dec 31, 2017	94	5,766	3,352
Dec 31, 2018	95	5,795	3,295
Dec 31, 2019	96	5,818	3,268
Dec 31, 2020	97	5,831	3,247
Dec 31, 2021	98	5,855	3,232
Dec 31, 2022	98	5,907	3,228

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 Seychelles, Denmark, Puerto Rico; the database as a whole is cited above.