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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Germany	Comoros
Dec 31, 1999	273	51,181	81,439	531
Dec 31, 2000	274	52,782	81,474	545
Dec 31, 2001	275	54,453	81,534	559
Dec 31, 2002	276	56,170	81,595	574
Dec 31, 2003	278	57,860	81,566	590
Dec 31, 2004	279	59,599	81,473	606
Dec 31, 2005	280	61,474	81,354	623
Dec 31, 2006	281	63,479	81,190	640
Dec 31, 2007	282	65,590	81,009	657
Dec 31, 2008	283	67,800	80,781	674
Dec 31, 2009	285	70,114	80,500	690
Dec 31, 2010	286	72,550	80,301	706
Dec 31, 2011	287	75,138	80,292	722
Dec 31, 2012	288	77,792	80,443	737
Dec 31, 2013	289	80,534	80,663	752
Dec 31, 2014	290	83,368	81,000	767
Dec 31, 2015	291	86,229	81,704	781
Dec 31, 2016	291	89,193	82,366	795
Dec 31, 2017	292	92,209	82,674	808
Dec 31, 2018	293	95,232	82,923	821
Dec 31, 2019	294	98,320	83,110	837
Dec 31, 2020	294	101,499	83,178	853
Dec 31, 2021	295	104,767	83,213	869
Dec 31, 2022	295	108,171	83,811	885

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, Congo - Kinshasa, Comoros; the database as a whole is cited above.