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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	Ghana	Romania	Germany
Dec 31, 1999	273	19,327	22,414	81,439
Dec 31, 2000	274	19,792	22,262	81,474
Dec 31, 2001	275	20,280	22,106	81,534
Dec 31, 2002	276	20,806	21,931	81,595
Dec 31, 2003	278	21,350	21,828	81,566
Dec 31, 2004	279	21,900	21,704	81,473
Dec 31, 2005	280	22,469	21,571	81,354
Dec 31, 2006	281	23,058	21,443	81,190
Dec 31, 2007	282	23,661	21,129	81,009
Dec 31, 2008	283	24,270	20,779	80,781
Dec 31, 2009	285	24,899	20,607	80,500
Dec 31, 2010	286	25,559	20,485	80,301
Dec 31, 2011	287	26,244	20,385	80,292
Dec 31, 2012	288	26,945	20,296	80,443
Dec 31, 2013	289	27,664	20,224	80,663
Dec 31, 2014	290	28,405	20,151	81,000
Dec 31, 2015	291	29,146	20,055	81,704
Dec 31, 2016	291	29,879	19,938	82,366
Dec 31, 2017	292	30,617	19,823	82,674
Dec 31, 2018	293	31,362	19,713	82,923
Dec 31, 2019	294	32,111	19,622	83,110
Dec 31, 2020	294	32,864	19,496	83,178
Dec 31, 2021	295	33,622	19,351	83,213
Dec 31, 2022	295	34,280	19,266	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

Ghana

1885-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

Romania

1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

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; the database as a whole is cited above.