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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date GermanyBarbadosDominica
81,43927370
81,47427471
81,53427571
81,59527672
81,56627872
81,47327972
81,35428072
81,19028172
81,00928272
80,78128373
80,50028573
80,30128673
80,29228773
80,44328873
80,66328973
81,00029073
81,70429174
82,36629174
82,67429274
82,92329374
83,11029475
83,17829475
83,21329576
83,81129576

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, Dominica; the database as a whole is cited above.