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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	Morocco	Iceland	Germany
Dec 31, 1999	273	28,400	277	81,439
Dec 31, 2000	274	28,744	281	81,474
Dec 31, 2001	275	29,094	285	81,534
Dec 31, 2002	276	29,447	288	81,595
Dec 31, 2003	278	29,806	289	81,566
Dec 31, 2004	279	30,169	293	81,473
Dec 31, 2005	280	30,552	296	81,354
Dec 31, 2006	281	30,953	304	81,190
Dec 31, 2007	282	31,354	311	81,009
Dec 31, 2008	283	31,754	319	80,781
Dec 31, 2009	285	32,154	319	80,500
Dec 31, 2010	286	32,553	318	80,301
Dec 31, 2011	287	32,951	319	80,292
Dec 31, 2012	288	33,346	321	80,443
Dec 31, 2013	289	33,737	324	80,663
Dec 31, 2014	290	34,124	327	81,000
Dec 31, 2015	291	34,511	331	81,704
Dec 31, 2016	291	34,898	335	82,366
Dec 31, 2017	292	35,279	343	82,674
Dec 31, 2018	293	35,653	353	82,923
Dec 31, 2019	294	36,018	361	83,110
Dec 31, 2020	294	36,375	366	83,178
Dec 31, 2021	295	36,723	372	83,213
Dec 31, 2022	295	37,101	380	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, Morocco; the database as a whole is cited above.