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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	Barbados	Albania	Germany	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,085	81,439	138
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,065	81,474	141
Dec 31, 2001	275	3,047	81,534	144
Dec 31, 2002	276	3,038	81,595	147
Dec 31, 2003	278	3,026	81,566	151
Dec 31, 2004	279	3,014	81,473	154
Dec 31, 2005	280	2,998	81,354	158
Dec 31, 2006	281	2,979	81,190	161
Dec 31, 2007	282	2,957	81,009	165
Dec 31, 2008	283	2,934	80,781	168
Dec 31, 2009	285	2,915	80,500	172
Dec 31, 2010	286	2,900	80,301	176
Dec 31, 2011	287	2,892	80,292	180
Dec 31, 2012	288	2,888	80,443	183
Dec 31, 2013	289	2,882	80,663	187
Dec 31, 2014	290	2,876	81,000	190
Dec 31, 2015	291	2,868	81,704	194
Dec 31, 2016	291	2,863	82,366	198
Dec 31, 2017	292	2,861	82,674	201
Dec 31, 2018	293	2,854	82,923	204
Dec 31, 2019	294	2,842	83,110	208
Dec 31, 2020	294	2,825	83,178	212
Dec 31, 2021	295	2,799	83,213	216
Dec 31, 2022	295	2,787	83,811	220

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.

All data sources

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

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, Albania, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.