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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	Hong Kong SAR China
Dec 31, 1999	273	81,439	6,587
Dec 31, 2000	274	81,474	6,646
Dec 31, 2001	275	81,534	6,695
Dec 31, 2002	276	81,595	6,725
Dec 31, 2003	278	81,566	6,712
Dec 31, 2004	279	81,473	6,765
Dec 31, 2005	280	81,354	6,794
Dec 31, 2006	281	81,190	6,838
Dec 31, 2007	282	81,009	6,897
Dec 31, 2008	283	80,781	6,938
Dec 31, 2009	285	80,500	6,953
Dec 31, 2010	286	80,301	7,004
Dec 31, 2011	287	80,292	7,052
Dec 31, 2012	288	80,443	7,130
Dec 31, 2013	289	80,663	7,159
Dec 31, 2014	290	81,000	7,209
Dec 31, 2015	291	81,704	7,271
Dec 31, 2016	291	82,366	7,316
Dec 31, 2017	292	82,674	7,372
Dec 31, 2018	293	82,923	7,432
Dec 31, 2019	294	83,110	7,487
Dec 31, 2020	294	83,178	7,460
Dec 31, 2021	295	83,213	7,392
Dec 31, 2022	295	83,811	7,387

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, Hong Kong SAR China; the database as a whole is cited above.