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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	Libya	Germany
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	4,993	81,439
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	5,116	81,474
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	5,237	81,534
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	5,357	81,595
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	5,476	81,566
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	5,595	81,473
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	5,715	81,354
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	5,835	81,190
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	5,967	81,009
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	6,115	80,781
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	6,270	80,500
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	6,432	80,301
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	6,144	80,292
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	5,849	80,443
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	6,010	80,663
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	6,163	81,000
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	6,291	81,704
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	6,415	82,366
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	6,549	82,674
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	6,689	82,923
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	6,826	83,110
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	6,960	83,178
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	7,088	83,213
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	7,169	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.

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, Libya; the database as a whole is cited above.