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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	Benin	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	6,461	273
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	6,677	274
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	6,902	275
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	7,130	276
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	7,360	278
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	7,589	279
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	7,838	280
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	8,089	281
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	8,335	282
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	8,603	283
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	8,884	285
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	9,179	286
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	9,486	287
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	9,805	288
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	10,135	289
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	10,480	290
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	10,842	291
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	11,220	291
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	11,613	292
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	12,018	293
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	12,370	294
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	12,725	294
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	13,081	295
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	13,439	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 Benin, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.