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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	Cape Verde	Burkina Faso	Germany
Dec 31, 1999	273	422	11,075	81,439
Dec 31, 2000	274	430	11,405	81,474
Dec 31, 2001	275	438	11,828	81,534
Dec 31, 2002	276	447	12,380	81,595
Dec 31, 2003	278	455	12,829	81,566
Dec 31, 2004	279	463	13,178	81,473
Dec 31, 2005	280	471	13,540	81,354
Dec 31, 2006	281	478	13,917	81,190
Dec 31, 2007	282	486	14,309	81,009
Dec 31, 2008	283	494	14,722	80,781
Dec 31, 2009	285	501	15,152	80,500
Dec 31, 2010	286	509	15,600	80,301
Dec 31, 2011	287	516	16,064	80,292
Dec 31, 2012	288	524	16,563	80,443
Dec 31, 2013	289	531	17,072	80,663
Dec 31, 2014	290	539	17,575	81,000
Dec 31, 2015	291	546	18,094	81,704
Dec 31, 2016	291	553	18,621	82,366
Dec 31, 2017	292	562	19,157	82,674
Dec 31, 2018	293	568	19,698	82,923
Dec 31, 2019	294	574	20,242	83,110
Dec 31, 2020	294	580	20,788	83,178
Dec 31, 2021	295	585	21,336	83,213
Dec 31, 2022	295	590	21,889	83,811

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, Cape Verde, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.