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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	Moldova	Germany
Dec 31, 1999	273	70	4,244	81,439
Dec 31, 2000	274	71	4,199	81,474
Dec 31, 2001	275	71	4,154	81,534
Dec 31, 2002	276	72	4,108	81,595
Dec 31, 2003	278	72	4,059	81,566
Dec 31, 2004	279	72	4,013	81,473
Dec 31, 2005	280	72	3,966	81,354
Dec 31, 2006	281	72	3,919	81,190
Dec 31, 2007	282	72	3,873	81,009
Dec 31, 2008	283	73	3,829	80,781
Dec 31, 2009	285	73	3,788	80,500
Dec 31, 2010	286	73	3,748	80,301
Dec 31, 2011	287	73	3,709	80,292
Dec 31, 2012	288	73	3,671	80,443
Dec 31, 2013	289	73	3,633	80,663
Dec 31, 2014	290	73	3,595	81,000
Dec 31, 2015	291	74	3,558	81,704
Dec 31, 2016	291	74	3,522	82,366
Dec 31, 2017	292	74	3,485	82,674
Dec 31, 2018	293	74	3,448	82,923
Dec 31, 2019	294	75	3,412	83,110
Dec 31, 2020	294	75	3,376	83,178
Dec 31, 2021	295	76	3,339	83,213
Dec 31, 2022	295	76	3,570	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

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