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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	Cyprus
Dec 31, 1999	273	81,439	818
Dec 31, 2000	274	81,474	826
Dec 31, 2001	275	81,534	835
Dec 31, 2002	276	81,595	845
Dec 31, 2003	278	81,566	855
Dec 31, 2004	279	81,473	867
Dec 31, 2005	280	81,354	879
Dec 31, 2006	281	81,190	894
Dec 31, 2007	282	81,009	913
Dec 31, 2008	283	80,781	937
Dec 31, 2009	285	80,500	962
Dec 31, 2010	286	80,301	988
Dec 31, 2011	287	80,292	1,013
Dec 31, 2012	288	80,443	1,029
Dec 31, 2013	289	80,663	1,026
Dec 31, 2014	290	81,000	1,015
Dec 31, 2015	291	81,704	1,009
Dec 31, 2016	291	82,366	1,014
Dec 31, 2017	292	82,674	1,023
Dec 31, 2018	293	82,923	1,036
Dec 31, 2019	294	83,110	1,050
Dec 31, 2020	294	83,178	1,062
Dec 31, 2021	295	83,213	1,072
Dec 31, 2022	295	83,811	1,087

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