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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	Malawi
Dec 31, 1999	273	81,439	11,310
Dec 31, 2000	274	81,474	11,658
Dec 31, 2001	275	81,534	12,020
Dec 31, 2002	276	81,595	12,395
Dec 31, 2003	278	81,566	12,786
Dec 31, 2004	279	81,473	13,196
Dec 31, 2005	280	81,354	13,625
Dec 31, 2006	281	81,190	14,072
Dec 31, 2007	282	81,009	14,539
Dec 31, 2008	283	80,781	15,026
Dec 31, 2009	285	80,500	15,525
Dec 31, 2010	286	80,301	16,028
Dec 31, 2011	287	80,292	16,534
Dec 31, 2012	288	80,443	17,042
Dec 31, 2013	289	80,663	17,551
Dec 31, 2014	290	81,000	18,060
Dec 31, 2015	291	81,704	18,571
Dec 31, 2016	291	82,366	19,086
Dec 31, 2017	292	82,674	19,603
Dec 31, 2018	293	82,923	20,122
Dec 31, 2019	294	83,110	20,640
Dec 31, 2020	294	83,178	21,159
Dec 31, 2021	295	83,213	21,677
Dec 31, 2022	295	83,811	22,239

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.

Malawi

1904-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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