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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	Luxembourg	Germany	Central African Republic
Dec 31, 1999	273	433	81,439	3,889
Dec 31, 2000	274	438	81,474	3,980
Dec 31, 2001	275	443	81,534	4,054
Dec 31, 2002	276	448	81,595	4,128
Dec 31, 2003	278	454	81,566	4,215
Dec 31, 2004	279	460	81,473	4,289
Dec 31, 2005	280	467	81,354	4,363
Dec 31, 2006	281	474	81,190	4,449
Dec 31, 2007	282	482	81,009	4,544
Dec 31, 2008	283	491	80,781	4,641
Dec 31, 2009	285	500	80,500	4,742
Dec 31, 2010	286	509	80,301	4,845
Dec 31, 2011	287	521	80,292	4,950
Dec 31, 2012	288	533	80,443	5,057
Dec 31, 2013	289	547	80,663	5,167
Dec 31, 2014	290	560	81,000	5,278
Dec 31, 2015	291	571	81,704	5,392
Dec 31, 2016	291	586	82,366	5,507
Dec 31, 2017	292	599	82,674	5,625
Dec 31, 2018	293	610	82,923	5,745
Dec 31, 2019	294	623	83,110	5,874
Dec 31, 2020	294	633	83,178	6,025
Dec 31, 2021	295	643	83,213	6,154
Dec 31, 2022	295	651	83,811	6,291

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

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, Luxembourg, Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.