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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	Burkina Faso	Netherlands
Dec 31, 1999	273	81,439	11,075	15,817
Dec 31, 2000	274	81,474	11,405	15,932
Dec 31, 2001	275	81,534	11,828	16,052
Dec 31, 2002	276	81,595	12,380	16,155
Dec 31, 2003	278	81,566	12,829	16,231
Dec 31, 2004	279	81,473	13,178	16,288
Dec 31, 2005	280	81,354	13,540	16,326
Dec 31, 2006	281	81,190	13,917	16,352
Dec 31, 2007	282	81,009	14,309	16,388
Dec 31, 2008	283	80,781	14,722	16,452
Dec 31, 2009	285	80,500	15,152	16,536
Dec 31, 2010	286	80,301	15,600	16,621
Dec 31, 2011	287	80,292	16,064	16,699
Dec 31, 2012	288	80,443	16,563	16,761
Dec 31, 2013	289	80,663	17,072	16,810
Dec 31, 2014	290	81,000	17,575	16,871
Dec 31, 2015	291	81,704	18,094	16,946
Dec 31, 2016	291	82,366	18,621	17,036
Dec 31, 2017	292	82,674	19,157	17,137
Dec 31, 2018	293	82,923	19,698	17,238
Dec 31, 2019	294	83,110	20,242	17,351
Dec 31, 2020	294	83,178	20,788	17,448
Dec 31, 2021	295	83,213	21,336	17,539
Dec 31, 2022	295	83,811	21,889	17,709

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.

Netherlands

1348–1807 (Holland): Van Zanden, J. L. and van Leeuwen, B. (2012), ‘Persistent but not consistent: the growth of national income in Holland 1347–1807’, Explorations in Economic History, 49 (2012), pp. 119–30.
1807-1913: Smits, J.P., E. Horlings and J.L. van Zanden (2000). The Measurement of Gross National Product and its Components 1800-1913 (Groningen Growth and Development Centre Monograph series no 5).
1913-1950: C.A. van Bochove and T.A. Huitker, "Main National Accounting Series, 1900-1986", CBS Occasional Paper, No. 17, The Hague, 1987.

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