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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	South Africa	Oman	Germany
Dec 31, 1999	273	46,257	2,348	81,439
Dec 31, 2000	274	46,958	2,403	81,474
Dec 31, 2001	275	47,820	2,457	81,534
Dec 31, 2002	276	48,480	2,510	81,595
Dec 31, 2003	278	48,951	2,562	81,566
Dec 31, 2004	279	49,478	2,613	81,473
Dec 31, 2005	280	50,054	2,663	81,354
Dec 31, 2006	281	50,667	2,713	81,190
Dec 31, 2007	282	51,339	2,764	81,009
Dec 31, 2008	283	52,077	2,816	80,781
Dec 31, 2009	285	52,862	2,871	80,500
Dec 31, 2010	286	53,682	2,928	80,301
Dec 31, 2011	287	54,518	2,986	80,292
Dec 31, 2012	288	55,356	3,047	80,443
Dec 31, 2013	289	56,215	3,110	80,663
Dec 31, 2014	290	57,075	3,174	81,000
Dec 31, 2015	291	57,947	3,240	81,704
Dec 31, 2016	291	58,830	3,307	82,366
Dec 31, 2017	292	59,715	3,375	82,674
Dec 31, 2018	293	60,595	3,444	82,923
Dec 31, 2019	294	61,469	3,512	83,110
Dec 31, 2020	294	62,355	3,582	83,178
Dec 31, 2021	295	62,900	3,651	83,213
Dec 31, 2022	295	63,382	3,696	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

South Africa

1700–1900 (Cape Colony): Fourie, J. and Van Zanden, J.L. (2013). GDP in the Dutch Cape Colony: the Nationals Accounts of a Slave-Based Society, South African Journal of Economics, vol. 81 (4): 467 - 490

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