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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	Dominica	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	70	273
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	71	274
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	71	275
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	72	276
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	72	278
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	72	279
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	72	280
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	72	281
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	72	282
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	73	283
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	73	285
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	73	286
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	73	287
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	73	288
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	73	289
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	73	290
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	74	291
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	74	291
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	74	292
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	74	293
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	75	294
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	75	294
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	76	295
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	76	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 Dominica, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.