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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	Ghana	Germany
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	19,327	81,439
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	19,792	81,474
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	20,280	81,534
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	20,806	81,595
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	21,350	81,566
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	21,900	81,473
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	22,469	81,354
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	23,058	81,190
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	23,661	81,009
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	24,270	80,781
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	24,899	80,500
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	25,559	80,301
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	26,244	80,292
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	26,945	80,443
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	27,664	80,663
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	28,405	81,000
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	29,146	81,704
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	29,879	82,366
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	30,617	82,674
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	31,362	82,923
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	32,111	83,110
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	32,864	83,178
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	33,622	83,213
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	34,280	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.

Ghana

1885-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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.