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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	Puerto Rico	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	81,439	3,800	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	81,474	3,811	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	81,534	3,819	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	81,595	3,824	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	81,566	3,826	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	81,473	3,827	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	81,354	3,822	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	81,190	3,805	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	81,009	3,783	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	80,781	3,761	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	80,500	3,741	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	80,301	3,722	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	80,292	3,679	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	80,443	3,636	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	80,663	3,589	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	81,000	3,534	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	81,704	3,473	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	82,366	3,411	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	82,674	3,352	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	82,923	3,295	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	83,110	3,268	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	83,178	3,247	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	83,213	3,232	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	83,811	3,228	530

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.

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