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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	Tunisia
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	273	9,417
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	274	9,514
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	275	9,613
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	276	9,711
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	278	9,810
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	279	9,906
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	280	9,997
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	281	10,087
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	282	10,178
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	283	10,274
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	285	10,377
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	286	10,491
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	287	10,612
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	288	10,737
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	289	10,866
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	290	10,996
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	291	11,124
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	291	11,248
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	292	11,365
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	293	11,477
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	294	11,583
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	294	11,681
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	295	11,772
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	295	11,862

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