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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	Mali
Dec 31, 1999	273	81,439	10,596
Dec 31, 2000	274	81,474	10,833
Dec 31, 2001	275	81,534	10,890
Dec 31, 2002	276	81,595	11,007
Dec 31, 2003	278	81,566	11,307
Dec 31, 2004	279	81,473	11,579
Dec 31, 2005	280	81,354	11,804
Dec 31, 2006	281	81,190	12,043
Dec 31, 2007	282	81,009	12,337
Dec 31, 2008	283	80,781	12,657
Dec 31, 2009	285	80,500	12,986
Dec 31, 2010	286	80,301	13,325
Dec 31, 2011	287	80,292	13,679
Dec 31, 2012	288	80,443	14,040
Dec 31, 2013	289	80,663	14,412
Dec 31, 2014	290	81,000	14,803
Dec 31, 2015	291	81,704	15,210
Dec 31, 2016	291	82,366	15,629
Dec 31, 2017	292	82,674	16,060
Dec 31, 2018	293	82,923	16,507
Dec 31, 2019	294	83,110	16,967
Dec 31, 2020	294	83,178	17,442
Dec 31, 2021	295	83,213	17,930
Dec 31, 2022	295	83,811	18,494

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