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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Germany	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	3,811	81,439	273
Dec 31, 2000	3,901	81,474	274
Dec 31, 2001	3,919	81,534	275
Dec 31, 2002	3,923	81,595	276
Dec 31, 2003	3,940	81,566	278
Dec 31, 2004	3,975	81,473	279
Dec 31, 2005	3,991	81,354	280
Dec 31, 2006	3,993	81,190	281
Dec 31, 2007	3,990	81,009	282
Dec 31, 2008	3,987	80,781	283
Dec 31, 2009	3,985	80,500	285
Dec 31, 2010	3,983	80,301	286
Dec 31, 2011	3,980	80,292	287
Dec 31, 2012	3,977	80,443	288
Dec 31, 2013	3,973	80,663	289
Dec 31, 2014	3,968	81,000	290
Dec 31, 2015	3,963	81,704	291
Dec 31, 2016	3,957	82,366	291
Dec 31, 2017	3,951	82,674	292
Dec 31, 2018	3,944	82,923	293
Dec 31, 2019	3,937	83,110	294
Dec 31, 2020	3,929	83,178	294
Dec 31, 2021	3,921	83,213	295
Dec 31, 2022	3,876	83,811	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

Bosnia & Herzegovina

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

Germany

1500-1850: Pfister, U. (2022). Economic Growth in Germany, 1500–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 82(4), 1071–1107
1850-1950: Hoffmann, Grumbach and Hesse, op. cit., pp. 454-5.

No separate list is published for Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.