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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	Bangladesh	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	273	81,439	132,907	627
Dec 31, 2000	274	81,474	135,207	659
Dec 31, 2001	275	81,534	137,420	691
Dec 31, 2002	276	81,595	139,573	724
Dec 31, 2003	278	81,566	141,650	757
Dec 31, 2004	279	81,473	143,644	850
Dec 31, 2005	280	81,354	145,546	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	281	81,190	147,376	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	282	81,009	149,047	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	283	80,781	150,562	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	285	80,500	152,189	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	286	80,301	153,927	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	287	80,292	155,634	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	288	80,443	157,326	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	289	80,663	158,999	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	290	81,000	160,650	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	291	81,704	162,273	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	291	82,366	163,938	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	292	82,674	165,655	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	293	82,923	167,358	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	294	83,110	169,045	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	294	83,178	170,709	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	295	83,213	172,354	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	295	83,811	174,217	2,559

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.

Bangladesh

1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

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