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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	Barbados	Cape Verde
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	273	422
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	274	430
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	275	438
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	276	447
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	278	455
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	279	463
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	280	471
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	281	478
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	282	486
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	283	494
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	285	501
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	286	509
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	287	516
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	288	524
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	289	531
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	290	539
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	291	546
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	291	553
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	292	562
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	293	568
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	294	574
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	294	580
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	295	585
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	295	590

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