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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	Armenia
Dec 31, 1999	273	81,439	2,970
Dec 31, 2000	274	81,474	2,966
Dec 31, 2001	275	81,534	2,965
Dec 31, 2002	276	81,595	2,962
Dec 31, 2003	278	81,566	2,955
Dec 31, 2004	279	81,473	2,953
Dec 31, 2005	280	81,354	2,951
Dec 31, 2006	281	81,190	2,948
Dec 31, 2007	282	81,009	2,946
Dec 31, 2008	283	80,781	2,943
Dec 31, 2009	285	80,500	2,941
Dec 31, 2010	286	80,301	2,939
Dec 31, 2011	287	80,292	2,937
Dec 31, 2012	288	80,443	2,934
Dec 31, 2013	289	80,663	2,932
Dec 31, 2014	290	81,000	2,928
Dec 31, 2015	291	81,704	2,924
Dec 31, 2016	291	82,366	2,919
Dec 31, 2017	292	82,674	2,913
Dec 31, 2018	293	82,923	2,907
Dec 31, 2019	294	83,110	2,899
Dec 31, 2020	294	83,178	2,891
Dec 31, 2021	295	83,213	2,881
Dec 31, 2022	295	83,811	2,871

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