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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	Iceland	Germany	France
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	81,439	60,396
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	81,474	60,811
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	81,534	61,255
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	81,595	61,703
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	81,566	62,141
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	81,473	62,600
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	81,354	63,073
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	81,190	63,513
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	81,009	63,906
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	80,781	64,264
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	80,500	64,594
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	80,301	64,913
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	80,292	65,231
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	80,443	65,552
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	80,663	65,891
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	81,000	66,212
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	81,704	66,480
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	82,366	66,730
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	82,674	67,015
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	82,923	67,347
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	83,110	67,660
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	83,178	67,901
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	83,213	68,114
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	83,811	68,387

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

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

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.

France

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1276–1800: Ridolfi, L., & Nuvolari, A. (2021). L’histoire immobile? A reappraisal of French economic growth using the demand-side approach, 1280–1850. European Review of Economic History, 25(3), 405–428
1850-1913: Toutain, Le Produit interieur de la France de 1789 a 1982, Presses Universitaires de Grenoble, 1987
1920-1950: Toutain, Le Produit interieur de la France de 1789 a 1982, Presses Universitaires de Grenoble, 1987

No separate list is published for Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.