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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	Malta	Germany	Denmark
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	81,439	5,322
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	81,474	5,339
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	81,534	5,358
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	81,595	5,377
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	81,566	5,391
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	81,473	5,404
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	81,354	5,420
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	81,190	5,438
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	81,009	5,461
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	80,781	5,494
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	80,500	5,524
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	80,301	5,548
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	80,292	5,571
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	80,443	5,592
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	80,663	5,614
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	81,000	5,644
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	81,704	5,683
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	82,366	5,730
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	82,674	5,766
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	82,923	5,795
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	83,110	5,818
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	83,178	5,831
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	83,213	5,855
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	83,811	5,907

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, Malta, Denmark; the database as a whole is cited above.