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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	Burkina Faso	Germany	Iceland
Dec 31, 1999	273	11,075	81,439	277
Dec 31, 2000	274	11,405	81,474	281
Dec 31, 2001	275	11,828	81,534	285
Dec 31, 2002	276	12,380	81,595	288
Dec 31, 2003	278	12,829	81,566	289
Dec 31, 2004	279	13,178	81,473	293
Dec 31, 2005	280	13,540	81,354	296
Dec 31, 2006	281	13,917	81,190	304
Dec 31, 2007	282	14,309	81,009	311
Dec 31, 2008	283	14,722	80,781	319
Dec 31, 2009	285	15,152	80,500	319
Dec 31, 2010	286	15,600	80,301	318
Dec 31, 2011	287	16,064	80,292	319
Dec 31, 2012	288	16,563	80,443	321
Dec 31, 2013	289	17,072	80,663	324
Dec 31, 2014	290	17,575	81,000	327
Dec 31, 2015	291	18,094	81,704	331
Dec 31, 2016	291	18,621	82,366	335
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,157	82,674	343
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,698	82,923	353
Dec 31, 2019	294	20,242	83,110	361
Dec 31, 2020	294	20,788	83,178	366
Dec 31, 2021	295	21,336	83,213	372
Dec 31, 2022	295	21,889	83,811	380

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.

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

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