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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 BarbadosGermanyYemen
27381,43916,728
27481,47417,236
27581,53417,762
27681,59518,310
27881,56618,855
27981,47319,410
28081,35420,000
28181,19020,611
28281,00921,236
28380,78121,878
28580,50022,533
28680,30123,195
28780,29223,880
28880,44324,594
28980,66325,311
29081,00026,020
29181,70426,698
29182,36627,347
29282,67427,985
29382,92328,608
29483,11029,216
29483,17829,811
29583,21330,399
29583,81131,058

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