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

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.

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

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.