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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	Hong Kong SAR China	Germany
Dec 31, 1999	273	6,587	81,439
Dec 31, 2000	274	6,646	81,474
Dec 31, 2001	275	6,695	81,534
Dec 31, 2002	276	6,725	81,595
Dec 31, 2003	278	6,712	81,566
Dec 31, 2004	279	6,765	81,473
Dec 31, 2005	280	6,794	81,354
Dec 31, 2006	281	6,838	81,190
Dec 31, 2007	282	6,897	81,009
Dec 31, 2008	283	6,938	80,781
Dec 31, 2009	285	6,953	80,500
Dec 31, 2010	286	7,004	80,301
Dec 31, 2011	287	7,052	80,292
Dec 31, 2012	288	7,130	80,443
Dec 31, 2013	289	7,159	80,663
Dec 31, 2014	290	7,209	81,000
Dec 31, 2015	291	7,271	81,704
Dec 31, 2016	291	7,316	82,366
Dec 31, 2017	292	7,372	82,674
Dec 31, 2018	293	7,432	82,923
Dec 31, 2019	294	7,487	83,110
Dec 31, 2020	294	7,460	83,178
Dec 31, 2021	295	7,392	83,213
Dec 31, 2022	295	7,387	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, Hong Kong SAR China; the database as a whole is cited above.