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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	Albania	Cape Verde
Dec 31, 1999	273	81,439	3,085	422
Dec 31, 2000	274	81,474	3,065	430
Dec 31, 2001	275	81,534	3,047	438
Dec 31, 2002	276	81,595	3,038	447
Dec 31, 2003	278	81,566	3,026	455
Dec 31, 2004	279	81,473	3,014	463
Dec 31, 2005	280	81,354	2,998	471
Dec 31, 2006	281	81,190	2,979	478
Dec 31, 2007	282	81,009	2,957	486
Dec 31, 2008	283	80,781	2,934	494
Dec 31, 2009	285	80,500	2,915	501
Dec 31, 2010	286	80,301	2,900	509
Dec 31, 2011	287	80,292	2,892	516
Dec 31, 2012	288	80,443	2,888	524
Dec 31, 2013	289	80,663	2,882	531
Dec 31, 2014	290	81,000	2,876	539
Dec 31, 2015	291	81,704	2,868	546
Dec 31, 2016	291	82,366	2,863	553
Dec 31, 2017	292	82,674	2,861	562
Dec 31, 2018	293	82,923	2,854	568
Dec 31, 2019	294	83,110	2,842	574
Dec 31, 2020	294	83,178	2,825	580
Dec 31, 2021	295	83,213	2,799	585
Dec 31, 2022	295	83,811	2,787	590

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