Population, long-run history: compare countries

See Population, long-run history for up to four countries side by side.

Countries being compared

Add a country

Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Germany	Haiti	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	8,121	273
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	8,279	274
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	8,430	275
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	8,580	276
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	8,739	278
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	8,900	279
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	9,061	280
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	9,216	281
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	9,364	282
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	9,508	283
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	9,652	285
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	9,553	286
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	9,670	287
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	9,793	288
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	9,922	289
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	10,047	290
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	10,254	291
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	10,486	291
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	10,647	292
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	10,788	293
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	10,933	294
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	11,077	294
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	11,215	295
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	11,349	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 Haiti, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.