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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	Cameroon	Germany	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	15,483	81,439	273
Dec 31, 2000	15,913	81,474	274
Dec 31, 2001	16,354	81,534	275
Dec 31, 2002	16,815	81,595	276
Dec 31, 2003	17,289	81,566	278
Dec 31, 2004	17,764	81,473	279
Dec 31, 2005	18,249	81,354	280
Dec 31, 2006	18,746	81,190	281
Dec 31, 2007	19,278	81,009	282
Dec 31, 2008	19,843	80,781	283
Dec 31, 2009	20,419	80,500	285
Dec 31, 2010	21,002	80,301	286
Dec 31, 2011	21,586	80,292	287
Dec 31, 2012	22,181	80,443	288
Dec 31, 2013	22,800	80,663	289
Dec 31, 2014	23,513	81,000	290
Dec 31, 2015	24,273	81,704	291
Dec 31, 2016	24,995	82,366	291
Dec 31, 2017	25,680	82,674	292
Dec 31, 2018	26,373	82,923	293
Dec 31, 2019	27,114	83,110	294
Dec 31, 2020	27,878	83,178	294
Dec 31, 2021	28,663	83,213	295
Dec 31, 2022	29,417	83,811	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.

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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.

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