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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BarbadosGermanyGeorgia
27381,4394,848
27481,4744,814
27581,5344,789
27681,5954,771
27881,5664,746
27981,4734,739
28081,3544,786
28181,1904,826
28281,0094,820
28380,7814,819
28580,5004,851
28680,3014,898
28780,2924,934
28880,4434,946
28980,6634,938
29081,0004,931
29181,7044,927
29182,3664,924
29282,6744,922
29382,9234,922
29483,1104,923
29483,1784,926
29583,2134,929
29583,8114,911

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