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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 BarbadosGermanyMalta
27381,439387
27481,474390
27581,534393
27681,595396
27881,566398
27981,473401
28081,354404
28181,190405
28281,009406
28380,781409
28580,500412
28680,301414
28780,292416
28880,443420
28980,663426
29081,000435
29181,704445
29182,366455
29282,674468
29382,923485
29483,110504
29483,178516
29583,213518
29583,811530

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