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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	Norway	Germany
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	4,463	81,439
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	4,492	81,474
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	4,515	81,534
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	4,539	81,595
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	4,566	81,566
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	4,593	81,473
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	4,624	81,354
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	4,662	81,190
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	4,710	81,009
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	4,769	80,781
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	4,830	80,500
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	4,890	80,301
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	4,954	80,292
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	5,020	80,443
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	5,081	80,663
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	5,138	81,000
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	5,191	81,704
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	5,237	82,366
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	5,278	82,674
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	5,313	82,923
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	5,349	83,110
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	5,380	83,178
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	5,409	83,213
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	5,458	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.

Norway

1820–1930: Grytten, O.H. (2015). Norwegian gross domestic product by industry 1830 - 1930, Norges Bank Working paper 19/2015. Population from Maddison (2006)
1930-1950: Central Bureau of Statistics Norway, 1970 and Maddison, A. Monintoring the World Economy, 1995

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.