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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	Oman	South Africa
Dec 31, 1999	273	81,439	2,348	46,257
Dec 31, 2000	274	81,474	2,403	46,958
Dec 31, 2001	275	81,534	2,457	47,820
Dec 31, 2002	276	81,595	2,510	48,480
Dec 31, 2003	278	81,566	2,562	48,951
Dec 31, 2004	279	81,473	2,613	49,478
Dec 31, 2005	280	81,354	2,663	50,054
Dec 31, 2006	281	81,190	2,713	50,667
Dec 31, 2007	282	81,009	2,764	51,339
Dec 31, 2008	283	80,781	2,816	52,077
Dec 31, 2009	285	80,500	2,871	52,862
Dec 31, 2010	286	80,301	2,928	53,682
Dec 31, 2011	287	80,292	2,986	54,518
Dec 31, 2012	288	80,443	3,047	55,356
Dec 31, 2013	289	80,663	3,110	56,215
Dec 31, 2014	290	81,000	3,174	57,075
Dec 31, 2015	291	81,704	3,240	57,947
Dec 31, 2016	291	82,366	3,307	58,830
Dec 31, 2017	292	82,674	3,375	59,715
Dec 31, 2018	293	82,923	3,444	60,595
Dec 31, 2019	294	83,110	3,512	61,469
Dec 31, 2020	294	83,178	3,582	62,355
Dec 31, 2021	295	83,213	3,651	62,900
Dec 31, 2022	295	83,811	3,696	63,382

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.

All data sources

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.

South Africa

1700–1900 (Cape Colony): Fourie, J. and Van Zanden, J.L. (2013). GDP in the Dutch Cape Colony: the Nationals Accounts of a Slave-Based Society, South African Journal of Economics, vol. 81 (4): 467 - 490

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