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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	Palestinian Territories
Dec 31, 1999	273	70	81,439	2,996
Dec 31, 2000	274	71	81,474	3,075
Dec 31, 2001	275	71	81,534	3,155
Dec 31, 2002	276	72	81,595	3,235
Dec 31, 2003	278	72	81,566	3,315
Dec 31, 2004	279	72	81,473	3,396
Dec 31, 2005	280	72	81,354	3,478
Dec 31, 2006	281	72	81,190	3,559
Dec 31, 2007	282	72	81,009	3,642
Dec 31, 2008	283	73	80,781	3,727
Dec 31, 2009	285	73	80,500	3,817
Dec 31, 2010	286	73	80,301	3,907
Dec 31, 2011	287	73	80,292	3,997
Dec 31, 2012	288	73	80,443	4,088
Dec 31, 2013	289	73	80,663	4,178
Dec 31, 2014	290	73	81,000	4,269
Dec 31, 2015	291	74	81,704	4,359
Dec 31, 2016	291	74	82,366	4,451
Dec 31, 2017	292	74	82,674	4,533
Dec 31, 2018	293	74	82,923	4,615
Dec 31, 2019	294	75	83,110	4,715
Dec 31, 2020	294	75	83,178	4,820
Dec 31, 2021	295	76	83,213	4,930
Dec 31, 2022	295	76	83,811	5,042

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