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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	Germany	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	273	5,322	81,439	433
Dec 31, 2000	274	5,339	81,474	438
Dec 31, 2001	275	5,358	81,534	443
Dec 31, 2002	276	5,377	81,595	448
Dec 31, 2003	278	5,391	81,566	454
Dec 31, 2004	279	5,404	81,473	460
Dec 31, 2005	280	5,420	81,354	467
Dec 31, 2006	281	5,438	81,190	474
Dec 31, 2007	282	5,461	81,009	482
Dec 31, 2008	283	5,494	80,781	491
Dec 31, 2009	285	5,524	80,500	500
Dec 31, 2010	286	5,548	80,301	509
Dec 31, 2011	287	5,571	80,292	521
Dec 31, 2012	288	5,592	80,443	533
Dec 31, 2013	289	5,614	80,663	547
Dec 31, 2014	290	5,644	81,000	560
Dec 31, 2015	291	5,683	81,704	571
Dec 31, 2016	291	5,730	82,366	586
Dec 31, 2017	292	5,766	82,674	599
Dec 31, 2018	293	5,795	82,923	610
Dec 31, 2019	294	5,818	83,110	623
Dec 31, 2020	294	5,831	83,178	633
Dec 31, 2021	295	5,855	83,213	643
Dec 31, 2022	295	5,907	83,811	651

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