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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	Sierra Leone
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	81,439	3,736
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	81,474	3,809
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	81,534	4,043
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	81,595	4,287
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	81,566	4,466
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	81,473	4,602
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	81,354	4,708
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	81,190	4,818
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	81,009	4,918
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	80,781	5,023
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	80,500	5,132
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	80,301	5,246
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	80,292	5,364
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	80,443	5,486
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	80,663	5,613
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	81,000	5,744
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	81,704	5,879
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	82,366	6,019
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	82,674	6,163
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	82,923	6,312
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	83,110	6,461
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	83,178	6,611
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	83,213	6,761
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	83,811	6,910

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, Sierra Leone; the database as a whole is cited above.