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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	Iran	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	64,704	273
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	65,411	274
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	66,167	275
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	66,689	276
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	67,807	278
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	68,480	279
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	69,325	280
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	70,158	281
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	71,040	282
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	71,942	283
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	72,888	285
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	73,826	286
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	74,625	287
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	75,446	288
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	76,418	289
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	77,521	290
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	78,652	291
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	79,700	291
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	80,725	292
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	81,721	293
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	82,685	294
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	83,614	294
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	84,505	295
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	85,108	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.

Iran

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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