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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	Ukraine
Dec 31, 1999	273	81,439	49,491
Dec 31, 2000	274	81,474	49,014
Dec 31, 2001	275	81,534	48,520
Dec 31, 2002	276	81,595	48,074
Dec 31, 2003	278	81,566	47,692
Dec 31, 2004	279	81,473	47,342
Dec 31, 2005	280	81,354	47,003
Dec 31, 2006	281	81,190	46,685
Dec 31, 2007	282	81,009	46,407
Dec 31, 2008	283	80,781	46,156
Dec 31, 2009	285	80,500	45,951
Dec 31, 2010	286	80,301	45,768
Dec 31, 2011	287	80,292	45,604
Dec 31, 2012	288	80,443	45,492
Dec 31, 2013	289	80,663	45,389
Dec 31, 2014	290	81,000	44,944
Dec 31, 2015	291	81,704	44,429
Dec 31, 2016	291	82,366	44,208
Dec 31, 2017	292	82,674	44,029
Dec 31, 2018	293	82,923	43,944
Dec 31, 2019	294	83,110	43,951
Dec 31, 2020	294	83,178	43,904
Dec 31, 2021	295	83,213	43,746
Dec 31, 2022	295	83,811	39,897

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