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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	Spain	Germany
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	40,378	81,439
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	40,563	81,474
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	40,775	81,534
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	41,433	81,595
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	42,205	81,566
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	42,869	81,473
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	43,672	81,354
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	44,370	81,190
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	45,246	81,009
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	45,993	80,781
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	46,378	80,500
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	46,573	80,301
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	46,746	80,292
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	46,777	80,443
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	46,603	80,663
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	46,465	81,000
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	46,420	81,704
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	46,460	82,366
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	46,543	82,674
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	46,739	82,923
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	47,116	83,110
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	47,366	83,178
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	47,342	83,213
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	47,625	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

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.

Spain

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
1270-1850: Álvarez-Nogal, C. and L. Prados de la Escosura (2013). "The Rise and Fall of Spain (1270-1850)," Economic History Review, 66, 1, 1-37, using their annual benchmarks
1850–2011: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2017), Spanish Economic Growth, 1850-2015 (London: Palgrave Macmillan)

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.