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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	Netherlands	Burkina Faso	Germany
Dec 31, 1999	273	15,817	11,075	81,439
Dec 31, 2000	274	15,932	11,405	81,474
Dec 31, 2001	275	16,052	11,828	81,534
Dec 31, 2002	276	16,155	12,380	81,595
Dec 31, 2003	278	16,231	12,829	81,566
Dec 31, 2004	279	16,288	13,178	81,473
Dec 31, 2005	280	16,326	13,540	81,354
Dec 31, 2006	281	16,352	13,917	81,190
Dec 31, 2007	282	16,388	14,309	81,009
Dec 31, 2008	283	16,452	14,722	80,781
Dec 31, 2009	285	16,536	15,152	80,500
Dec 31, 2010	286	16,621	15,600	80,301
Dec 31, 2011	287	16,699	16,064	80,292
Dec 31, 2012	288	16,761	16,563	80,443
Dec 31, 2013	289	16,810	17,072	80,663
Dec 31, 2014	290	16,871	17,575	81,000
Dec 31, 2015	291	16,946	18,094	81,704
Dec 31, 2016	291	17,036	18,621	82,366
Dec 31, 2017	292	17,137	19,157	82,674
Dec 31, 2018	293	17,238	19,698	82,923
Dec 31, 2019	294	17,351	20,242	83,110
Dec 31, 2020	294	17,448	20,788	83,178
Dec 31, 2021	295	17,539	21,336	83,213
Dec 31, 2022	295	17,709	21,889	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

Netherlands

1348–1807 (Holland): Van Zanden, J. L. and van Leeuwen, B. (2012), ‘Persistent but not consistent: the growth of national income in Holland 1347–1807’, Explorations in Economic History, 49 (2012), pp. 119–30.
1807-1913: Smits, J.P., E. Horlings and J.L. van Zanden (2000). The Measurement of Gross National Product and its Components 1800-1913 (Groningen Growth and Development Centre Monograph series no 5).
1913-1950: C.A. van Bochove and T.A. Huitker, "Main National Accounting Series, 1900-1986", CBS Occasional Paper, No. 17, The Hague, 1987.

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, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.