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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	Cambodia
Dec 31, 1999	273	81,439	12,122
Dec 31, 2000	274	81,474	12,317
Dec 31, 2001	275	81,534	12,504
Dec 31, 2002	276	81,595	12,691
Dec 31, 2003	278	81,566	12,881
Dec 31, 2004	279	81,473	13,076
Dec 31, 2005	280	81,354	13,276
Dec 31, 2006	281	81,190	13,461
Dec 31, 2007	282	81,009	13,630
Dec 31, 2008	283	80,781	13,808
Dec 31, 2009	285	80,500	13,990
Dec 31, 2010	286	80,301	14,162
Dec 31, 2011	287	80,292	14,322
Dec 31, 2012	288	80,443	14,480
Dec 31, 2013	289	80,663	14,637
Dec 31, 2014	290	81,000	14,793
Dec 31, 2015	291	81,704	14,994
Dec 31, 2016	291	82,366	15,238
Dec 31, 2017	292	82,674	15,480
Dec 31, 2018	293	82,923	15,717
Dec 31, 2019	294	83,110	15,944
Dec 31, 2020	294	83,178	16,149
Dec 31, 2021	295	83,213	16,338
Dec 31, 2022	295	83,811	16,514

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