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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Germany	Indonesia	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	208,105	273
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	211,408	274
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	214,475	275
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	217,516	276
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	220,549	278
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	224,473	279
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	227,534	280
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	230,739	281
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	233,918	282
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	237,056	283
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	240,140	285
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	243,171	286
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	246,150	287
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	249,086	288
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	251,947	289
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	254,702	290
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	257,351	291
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	259,906	291
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	262,379	292
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	264,789	293
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	267,142	294
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	269,437	294
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	271,674	295
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	273,409	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.

Indonesia

1815 – 1880 (Java): Van Zanden (2012). “Economic Growth in Java 1815-1939: The Reconstruction of the Historical National Accounts of a Colonial Economy”, Maddison-Project Working Paper WP-3.
1880-2008: Van der Eng, P. (2010). The Sources of Long-Term Economic Growth in Indonesia, 1880-2008”, Explorations in Economic History, 47: 294-309

No separate list is published for Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.