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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	Yemen	Germany
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	16,728	81,439
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	17,236	81,474
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	17,762	81,534
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	18,310	81,595
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	18,855	81,566
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	19,410	81,473
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	20,000	81,354
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	20,611	81,190
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	21,236	81,009
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	21,878	80,781
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	22,533	80,500
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	23,195	80,301
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	23,880	80,292
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	24,594	80,443
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	25,311	80,663
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	26,020	81,000
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	26,698	81,704
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	27,347	82,366
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	27,985	82,674
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	28,608	82,923
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	29,216	83,110
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	29,811	83,178
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	30,399	83,213
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	31,058	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, Yemen; the database as a whole is cited above.