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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	Japan	Germany
Dec 31, 1999	273	126,512	81,439
Dec 31, 2000	274	126,755	81,474
Dec 31, 2001	275	127,056	81,534
Dec 31, 2002	276	127,324	81,595
Dec 31, 2003	278	127,558	81,566
Dec 31, 2004	279	127,658	81,473
Dec 31, 2005	280	127,679	81,354
Dec 31, 2006	281	127,762	81,190
Dec 31, 2007	282	127,904	81,009
Dec 31, 2008	283	127,969	80,781
Dec 31, 2009	285	127,958	80,500
Dec 31, 2010	286	127,967	80,301
Dec 31, 2011	287	127,755	80,292
Dec 31, 2012	288	127,476	80,443
Dec 31, 2013	289	127,257	80,663
Dec 31, 2014	290	127,186	81,000
Dec 31, 2015	291	127,034	81,704
Dec 31, 2016	291	126,857	82,366
Dec 31, 2017	292	126,631	82,674
Dec 31, 2018	293	126,368	82,923
Dec 31, 2019	294	126,092	83,110
Dec 31, 2020	294	125,634	83,178
Dec 31, 2021	295	125,427	83,213
Dec 31, 2022	295	124,762	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.

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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

Japan

724-1874: Bassino, Jean-Pascal & Broadberry, Stephen & Fukao, Kyoji & Gupta, Bishnupriya & Takashima, Masanori, (2018). "Japan and the Great Divergence, 730-1874," CEI Working Paper Series 2018-13, Center for Economic Institutions, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University
1874-1940: Fukao, K., Bassino, J.-P., Makino, T., Paprzycki, R., Settsu, T., Takashima, M., and Tokui, J. (2015) Regional Inequality and Industrial Structure in Japan: 1874-2008, Tokyo: Maruzen Publishing.

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.