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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	Madagascar	Germany
Dec 31, 1999	273	15,259	81,439
Dec 31, 2000	274	15,707	81,474
Dec 31, 2001	275	16,162	81,534
Dec 31, 2002	276	16,631	81,595
Dec 31, 2003	278	17,114	81,566
Dec 31, 2004	279	17,610	81,473
Dec 31, 2005	280	18,120	81,354
Dec 31, 2006	281	18,641	81,190
Dec 31, 2007	282	19,173	81,009
Dec 31, 2008	283	19,717	80,781
Dec 31, 2009	285	20,272	80,500
Dec 31, 2010	286	20,837	80,301
Dec 31, 2011	287	21,413	80,292
Dec 31, 2012	288	21,999	80,443
Dec 31, 2013	289	22,593	80,663
Dec 31, 2014	290	23,196	81,000
Dec 31, 2015	291	23,806	81,704
Dec 31, 2016	291	24,423	82,366
Dec 31, 2017	292	25,044	82,674
Dec 31, 2018	293	25,671	82,923
Dec 31, 2019	294	26,302	83,110
Dec 31, 2020	294	26,936	83,178
Dec 31, 2021	295	27,573	83,213
Dec 31, 2022	295	28,237	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

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, Madagascar; the database as a whole is cited above.