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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BarbadosNigerGermany
27310,42481,439
27410,78581,474
27511,17081,534
27611,58081,595
27812,01581,566
27912,47281,473
28012,95481,354
28113,45981,190
28213,98681,009
28314,53280,781
28515,09280,500
28615,66980,301
28716,26380,292
28816,90380,443
28917,56980,663
29018,24281,000
29118,95781,704
29119,70882,366
29220,46282,674
29321,22882,923
29422,02383,110
29422,84283,178
29523,69183,213
29524,58783,811

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