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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BarbadosEstoniaGermany
2731,37881,439
2741,40081,474
2751,39181,534
2761,38281,595
2781,37481,566
2791,36581,473
2801,35781,354
2811,34981,190
2821,34181,009
2831,33780,781
2851,33480,500
2861,33280,301
2871,32880,292
2881,32480,443
2891,31980,663
2901,31481,000
2911,31281,704
2911,31482,366
2921,31482,674
2931,31882,923
2941,32383,110
2941,32783,178
2951,32983,213
2951,33083,811

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