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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	Iran
Dec 31, 1999	273	81,439	64,704
Dec 31, 2000	274	81,474	65,411
Dec 31, 2001	275	81,534	66,167
Dec 31, 2002	276	81,595	66,689
Dec 31, 2003	278	81,566	67,807
Dec 31, 2004	279	81,473	68,480
Dec 31, 2005	280	81,354	69,325
Dec 31, 2006	281	81,190	70,158
Dec 31, 2007	282	81,009	71,040
Dec 31, 2008	283	80,781	71,942
Dec 31, 2009	285	80,500	72,888
Dec 31, 2010	286	80,301	73,826
Dec 31, 2011	287	80,292	74,625
Dec 31, 2012	288	80,443	75,446
Dec 31, 2013	289	80,663	76,418
Dec 31, 2014	290	81,000	77,521
Dec 31, 2015	291	81,704	78,652
Dec 31, 2016	291	82,366	79,700
Dec 31, 2017	292	82,674	80,725
Dec 31, 2018	293	82,923	81,721
Dec 31, 2019	294	83,110	82,685
Dec 31, 2020	294	83,178	83,614
Dec 31, 2021	295	83,213	84,505
Dec 31, 2022	295	83,811	85,108

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.

Iran

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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