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

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.