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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	Sri Lanka
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	81,439	19,354
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	81,474	19,610
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	81,534	19,838
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	81,595	20,060
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	81,566	20,297
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	81,473	20,529
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	81,354	20,703
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	81,190	20,917
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	81,009	21,120
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	80,781	21,315
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	80,500	21,503
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	80,301	21,713
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	80,292	21,918
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	80,443	22,120
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	80,663	22,320
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	81,000	22,517
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	81,704	22,711
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	82,366	22,899
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	82,674	23,080
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	82,923	23,254
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	83,110	23,420
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	83,178	23,579
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	83,213	23,732
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	83,811	23,796

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.

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