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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	Romania	Germany	Cape Verde
Dec 31, 1999	273	22,414	81,439	422
Dec 31, 2000	274	22,262	81,474	430
Dec 31, 2001	275	22,106	81,534	438
Dec 31, 2002	276	21,931	81,595	447
Dec 31, 2003	278	21,828	81,566	455
Dec 31, 2004	279	21,704	81,473	463
Dec 31, 2005	280	21,571	81,354	471
Dec 31, 2006	281	21,443	81,190	478
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,129	81,009	486
Dec 31, 2008	283	20,779	80,781	494
Dec 31, 2009	285	20,607	80,500	501
Dec 31, 2010	286	20,485	80,301	509
Dec 31, 2011	287	20,385	80,292	516
Dec 31, 2012	288	20,296	80,443	524
Dec 31, 2013	289	20,224	80,663	531
Dec 31, 2014	290	20,151	81,000	539
Dec 31, 2015	291	20,055	81,704	546
Dec 31, 2016	291	19,938	82,366	553
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,823	82,674	562
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,713	82,923	568
Dec 31, 2019	294	19,622	83,110	574
Dec 31, 2020	294	19,496	83,178	580
Dec 31, 2021	295	19,351	83,213	585
Dec 31, 2022	295	19,266	83,811	590

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

Romania

1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

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, Cape Verde; the database as a whole is cited above.