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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	Oman	Germany	Iceland
Dec 31, 1999	273	2,348	81,439	277
Dec 31, 2000	274	2,403	81,474	281
Dec 31, 2001	275	2,457	81,534	285
Dec 31, 2002	276	2,510	81,595	288
Dec 31, 2003	278	2,562	81,566	289
Dec 31, 2004	279	2,613	81,473	293
Dec 31, 2005	280	2,663	81,354	296
Dec 31, 2006	281	2,713	81,190	304
Dec 31, 2007	282	2,764	81,009	311
Dec 31, 2008	283	2,816	80,781	319
Dec 31, 2009	285	2,871	80,500	319
Dec 31, 2010	286	2,928	80,301	318
Dec 31, 2011	287	2,986	80,292	319
Dec 31, 2012	288	3,047	80,443	321
Dec 31, 2013	289	3,110	80,663	324
Dec 31, 2014	290	3,174	81,000	327
Dec 31, 2015	291	3,240	81,704	331
Dec 31, 2016	291	3,307	82,366	335
Dec 31, 2017	292	3,375	82,674	343
Dec 31, 2018	293	3,444	82,923	353
Dec 31, 2019	294	3,512	83,110	361
Dec 31, 2020	294	3,582	83,178	366
Dec 31, 2021	295	3,651	83,213	372
Dec 31, 2022	295	3,696	83,811	380

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.

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

No separate list is published for Barbados, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.