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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Germany	Norway	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	81,439	4,463	273
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	81,474	4,492	274
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	81,534	4,515	275
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	81,595	4,539	276
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	81,566	4,566	278
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	81,473	4,593	279
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	81,354	4,624	280
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	81,190	4,662	281
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	81,009	4,710	282
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	80,781	4,769	283
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	80,500	4,830	285
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	80,301	4,890	286
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	80,292	4,954	287
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	80,443	5,020	288
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	80,663	5,081	289
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	81,000	5,138	290
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	81,704	5,191	291
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	82,366	5,237	291
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	82,674	5,278	292
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	82,923	5,313	293
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	83,110	5,349	294
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	83,178	5,380	294
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	83,213	5,409	295
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	83,811	5,458	295

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.

Norway

1820–1930: Grytten, O.H. (2015). Norwegian gross domestic product by industry 1830 - 1930, Norges Bank Working paper 19/2015. Population from Maddison (2006)
1930-1950: Central Bureau of Statistics Norway, 1970 and Maddison, A. Monintoring the World Economy, 1995

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