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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	Cambodia	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	70	12,122	273
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	71	12,317	274
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	71	12,504	275
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	72	12,691	276
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	72	12,881	278
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	72	13,076	279
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	72	13,276	280
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	72	13,461	281
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	72	13,630	282
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	73	13,808	283
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	73	13,990	285
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	73	14,162	286
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	73	14,322	287
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	73	14,480	288
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	73	14,637	289
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	73	14,793	290
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	74	14,994	291
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	74	15,238	291
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	74	15,480	292
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	74	15,717	293
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	75	15,944	294
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	75	16,149	294
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	76	16,338	295
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	76	16,514	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.

All data sources

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, Cambodia, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.