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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	Benin
Dec 31, 1999	273	81,439	6,461
Dec 31, 2000	274	81,474	6,677
Dec 31, 2001	275	81,534	6,902
Dec 31, 2002	276	81,595	7,130
Dec 31, 2003	278	81,566	7,360
Dec 31, 2004	279	81,473	7,589
Dec 31, 2005	280	81,354	7,838
Dec 31, 2006	281	81,190	8,089
Dec 31, 2007	282	81,009	8,335
Dec 31, 2008	283	80,781	8,603
Dec 31, 2009	285	80,500	8,884
Dec 31, 2010	286	80,301	9,179
Dec 31, 2011	287	80,292	9,486
Dec 31, 2012	288	80,443	9,805
Dec 31, 2013	289	80,663	10,135
Dec 31, 2014	290	81,000	10,480
Dec 31, 2015	291	81,704	10,842
Dec 31, 2016	291	82,366	11,220
Dec 31, 2017	292	82,674	11,613
Dec 31, 2018	293	82,923	12,018
Dec 31, 2019	294	83,110	12,370
Dec 31, 2020	294	83,178	12,725
Dec 31, 2021	295	83,213	13,081
Dec 31, 2022	295	83,811	13,439

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