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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	Germany	Afghanistan
Dec 31, 1999	273	81,439	22,206
Dec 31, 2000	274	81,474	22,461
Dec 31, 2001	275	81,534	22,507
Dec 31, 2002	276	81,595	23,600
Dec 31, 2003	278	81,566	25,005
Dec 31, 2004	279	81,473	25,698
Dec 31, 2005	280	81,354	26,335
Dec 31, 2006	281	81,190	27,154
Dec 31, 2007	282	81,009	27,387
Dec 31, 2008	283	80,781	27,706
Dec 31, 2009	285	80,500	28,484
Dec 31, 2010	286	80,301	29,121
Dec 31, 2011	287	80,292	29,758
Dec 31, 2012	288	80,443	30,420
Dec 31, 2013	289	80,663	31,108
Dec 31, 2014	290	81,000	31,823
Dec 31, 2015	291	81,704	32,564
Dec 31, 2016	291	82,366	33,332
Dec 31, 2017	292	82,674	34,125
Dec 31, 2018	293	82,923	34,941
Dec 31, 2019	294	83,110	35,972
Dec 31, 2020	294	83,178	37,034
Dec 31, 2021	295	83,213	38,127
Dec 31, 2022	295	83,811	39,252

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

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, Afghanistan; the database as a whole is cited above.