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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	Cape Verde	Barbados	Germany
Dec 31, 1999	422	273	81,439
Dec 31, 2000	430	274	81,474
Dec 31, 2001	438	275	81,534
Dec 31, 2002	447	276	81,595
Dec 31, 2003	455	278	81,566
Dec 31, 2004	463	279	81,473
Dec 31, 2005	471	280	81,354
Dec 31, 2006	478	281	81,190
Dec 31, 2007	486	282	81,009
Dec 31, 2008	494	283	80,781
Dec 31, 2009	501	285	80,500
Dec 31, 2010	509	286	80,301
Dec 31, 2011	516	287	80,292
Dec 31, 2012	524	288	80,443
Dec 31, 2013	531	289	80,663
Dec 31, 2014	539	290	81,000
Dec 31, 2015	546	291	81,704
Dec 31, 2016	553	291	82,366
Dec 31, 2017	562	292	82,674
Dec 31, 2018	568	293	82,923
Dec 31, 2019	574	294	83,110
Dec 31, 2020	580	294	83,178
Dec 31, 2021	585	295	83,213
Dec 31, 2022	590	295	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.

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