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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	Indonesia
Dec 31, 1999	273	81,439	3,085	208,105
Dec 31, 2000	274	81,474	3,065	211,408
Dec 31, 2001	275	81,534	3,047	214,475
Dec 31, 2002	276	81,595	3,038	217,516
Dec 31, 2003	278	81,566	3,026	220,549
Dec 31, 2004	279	81,473	3,014	224,473
Dec 31, 2005	280	81,354	2,998	227,534
Dec 31, 2006	281	81,190	2,979	230,739
Dec 31, 2007	282	81,009	2,957	233,918
Dec 31, 2008	283	80,781	2,934	237,056
Dec 31, 2009	285	80,500	2,915	240,140
Dec 31, 2010	286	80,301	2,900	243,171
Dec 31, 2011	287	80,292	2,892	246,150
Dec 31, 2012	288	80,443	2,888	249,086
Dec 31, 2013	289	80,663	2,882	251,947
Dec 31, 2014	290	81,000	2,876	254,702
Dec 31, 2015	291	81,704	2,868	257,351
Dec 31, 2016	291	82,366	2,863	259,906
Dec 31, 2017	292	82,674	2,861	262,379
Dec 31, 2018	293	82,923	2,854	264,789
Dec 31, 2019	294	83,110	2,842	267,142
Dec 31, 2020	294	83,178	2,825	269,437
Dec 31, 2021	295	83,213	2,799	271,674
Dec 31, 2022	295	83,811	2,787	273,409

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.

Indonesia

1815 – 1880 (Java): Van Zanden (2012). “Economic Growth in Java 1815-1939: The Reconstruction of the Historical National Accounts of a Colonial Economy”, Maddison-Project Working Paper WP-3.
1880-2008: Van der Eng, P. (2010). The Sources of Long-Term Economic Growth in Indonesia, 1880-2008”, Explorations in Economic History, 47: 294-309

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