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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	Morocco
Dec 31, 1999	273	81,439	3,085	28,400
Dec 31, 2000	274	81,474	3,065	28,744
Dec 31, 2001	275	81,534	3,047	29,094
Dec 31, 2002	276	81,595	3,038	29,447
Dec 31, 2003	278	81,566	3,026	29,806
Dec 31, 2004	279	81,473	3,014	30,169
Dec 31, 2005	280	81,354	2,998	30,552
Dec 31, 2006	281	81,190	2,979	30,953
Dec 31, 2007	282	81,009	2,957	31,354
Dec 31, 2008	283	80,781	2,934	31,754
Dec 31, 2009	285	80,500	2,915	32,154
Dec 31, 2010	286	80,301	2,900	32,553
Dec 31, 2011	287	80,292	2,892	32,951
Dec 31, 2012	288	80,443	2,888	33,346
Dec 31, 2013	289	80,663	2,882	33,737
Dec 31, 2014	290	81,000	2,876	34,124
Dec 31, 2015	291	81,704	2,868	34,511
Dec 31, 2016	291	82,366	2,863	34,898
Dec 31, 2017	292	82,674	2,861	35,279
Dec 31, 2018	293	82,923	2,854	35,653
Dec 31, 2019	294	83,110	2,842	36,018
Dec 31, 2020	294	83,178	2,825	36,375
Dec 31, 2021	295	83,213	2,799	36,723
Dec 31, 2022	295	83,811	2,787	37,101

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