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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	Comoros
Dec 31, 1999	273	81,439	3,085	531
Dec 31, 2000	274	81,474	3,065	545
Dec 31, 2001	275	81,534	3,047	559
Dec 31, 2002	276	81,595	3,038	574
Dec 31, 2003	278	81,566	3,026	590
Dec 31, 2004	279	81,473	3,014	606
Dec 31, 2005	280	81,354	2,998	623
Dec 31, 2006	281	81,190	2,979	640
Dec 31, 2007	282	81,009	2,957	657
Dec 31, 2008	283	80,781	2,934	674
Dec 31, 2009	285	80,500	2,915	690
Dec 31, 2010	286	80,301	2,900	706
Dec 31, 2011	287	80,292	2,892	722
Dec 31, 2012	288	80,443	2,888	737
Dec 31, 2013	289	80,663	2,882	752
Dec 31, 2014	290	81,000	2,876	767
Dec 31, 2015	291	81,704	2,868	781
Dec 31, 2016	291	82,366	2,863	795
Dec 31, 2017	292	82,674	2,861	808
Dec 31, 2018	293	82,923	2,854	821
Dec 31, 2019	294	83,110	2,842	837
Dec 31, 2020	294	83,178	2,825	853
Dec 31, 2021	295	83,213	2,799	869
Dec 31, 2022	295	83,811	2,787	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, Albania, Comoros; the database as a whole is cited above.