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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	Netherlands	Germany
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	15,817	81,439
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	15,932	81,474
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	16,052	81,534
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	16,155	81,595
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	16,231	81,566
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	16,288	81,473
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	16,326	81,354
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	16,352	81,190
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	16,388	81,009
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	16,452	80,781
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	16,536	80,500
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	16,621	80,301
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	16,699	80,292
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	16,761	80,443
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	16,810	80,663
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	16,871	81,000
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	16,946	81,704
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	17,036	82,366
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	17,137	82,674
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	17,238	82,923
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	17,351	83,110
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	17,448	83,178
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	17,539	83,213
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	17,709	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.

Netherlands

1348–1807 (Holland): Van Zanden, J. L. and van Leeuwen, B. (2012), ‘Persistent but not consistent: the growth of national income in Holland 1347–1807’, Explorations in Economic History, 49 (2012), pp. 119–30.
1807-1913: Smits, J.P., E. Horlings and J.L. van Zanden (2000). The Measurement of Gross National Product and its Components 1800-1913 (Groningen Growth and Development Centre Monograph series no 5).
1913-1950: C.A. van Bochove and T.A. Huitker, "Main National Accounting Series, 1900-1986", CBS Occasional Paper, No. 17, The Hague, 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.