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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	Denmark	Austria	Germany
Dec 31, 1999	273	5,322	8,039	81,439
Dec 31, 2000	274	5,339	8,059	81,474
Dec 31, 2001	275	5,358	8,090	81,534
Dec 31, 2002	276	5,377	8,130	81,595
Dec 31, 2003	278	5,391	8,166	81,566
Dec 31, 2004	279	5,404	8,217	81,473
Dec 31, 2005	280	5,420	8,274	81,354
Dec 31, 2006	281	5,438	8,317	81,190
Dec 31, 2007	282	5,461	8,344	81,009
Dec 31, 2008	283	5,494	8,370	80,781
Dec 31, 2009	285	5,524	8,390	80,500
Dec 31, 2010	286	5,548	8,410	80,301
Dec 31, 2011	287	5,571	8,438	80,292
Dec 31, 2012	288	5,592	8,476	80,443
Dec 31, 2013	289	5,614	8,527	80,663
Dec 31, 2014	290	5,644	8,594	81,000
Dec 31, 2015	291	5,683	8,680	81,704
Dec 31, 2016	291	5,730	8,791	82,366
Dec 31, 2017	292	5,766	8,847	82,674
Dec 31, 2018	293	5,795	8,890	82,923
Dec 31, 2019	294	5,818	8,930	83,110
Dec 31, 2020	294	5,831	8,969	83,178
Dec 31, 2021	295	5,855	9,004	83,213
Dec 31, 2022	295	5,907	9,107	83,811

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

Austria

1830-1913: Kausel, "Oster-reichs Volkseinkommen 1830 bis 1913" in Geschichte und Ergebnisse der zentralen amtlichen Statistik in Österreich 1829-1979, Beitrage zur österreichischen Statistik, Heft 550, Vienna, 1979, pp. 692-3.
1913-50: A. Kausel, N. Nemeth, and H. Seidel, "Oster-reichs Volkseinkommen, 1913-63", Monatsberichte des Osterreichischen Institutes für Wirtschaftsforschung, 14th Sonderheft, Vienna, August 1965, p. 38 and 42;

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