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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	Malaysia
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	273	22,132
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	274	22,695
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	275	23,291
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	276	23,874
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	278	24,437
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	279	24,993
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	280	25,543
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	281	26,086
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	282	26,620
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	283	27,161
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	285	27,715
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	286	28,268
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	287	28,750
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	288	29,163
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	289	29,568
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	290	29,977
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	291	30,387
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	291	30,782
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	292	31,164
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	293	31,539
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	294	31,903
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	294	32,257
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	295	32,603
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	295	32,956

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.

Malaysia

1900-1939: Nazrin Shah, S. (2017). Charting the Economy: Early 20th Century Malaya and Contemporary Malaysian Contrasts, Oxford University Press

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