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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	Dominica	Germany
Dec 31, 1999	273	70	81,439
Dec 31, 2000	274	71	81,474
Dec 31, 2001	275	71	81,534
Dec 31, 2002	276	72	81,595
Dec 31, 2003	278	72	81,566
Dec 31, 2004	279	72	81,473
Dec 31, 2005	280	72	81,354
Dec 31, 2006	281	72	81,190
Dec 31, 2007	282	72	81,009
Dec 31, 2008	283	73	80,781
Dec 31, 2009	285	73	80,500
Dec 31, 2010	286	73	80,301
Dec 31, 2011	287	73	80,292
Dec 31, 2012	288	73	80,443
Dec 31, 2013	289	73	80,663
Dec 31, 2014	290	73	81,000
Dec 31, 2015	291	74	81,704
Dec 31, 2016	291	74	82,366
Dec 31, 2017	292	74	82,674
Dec 31, 2018	293	74	82,923
Dec 31, 2019	294	75	83,110
Dec 31, 2020	294	75	83,178
Dec 31, 2021	295	76	83,213
Dec 31, 2022	295	76	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.

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