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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	Germany	Azerbaijan	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	8,056	273
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	8,127	274
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	8,194	275
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	8,257	276
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	8,319	278
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	8,391	279
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	8,475	280
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	8,565	281
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	8,657	282
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	8,750	283
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	8,842	285
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	8,933	286
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	9,025	287
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	9,117	288
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	9,210	289
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	9,302	290
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	9,393	291
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	9,481	291
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	9,567	292
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	9,649	293
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	9,727	294
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	9,802	294
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	9,874	295
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	9,918	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 Azerbaijan, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.