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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	Iceland	Austria	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	277	8,039	273
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	281	8,059	274
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	285	8,090	275
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	288	8,130	276
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	289	8,166	278
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	293	8,217	279
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	296	8,274	280
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	304	8,317	281
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	311	8,344	282
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	319	8,370	283
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	319	8,390	285
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	318	8,410	286
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	319	8,438	287
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	321	8,476	288
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	324	8,527	289
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	327	8,594	290
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	331	8,680	291
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	335	8,791	291
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	343	8,847	292
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	353	8,890	293
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	361	8,930	294
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	366	8,969	294
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	372	9,004	295
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	380	9,107	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.

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

Austria

1830-1913: Kausel, "Oster-reichs Volkseinkommen 1830 bis 1913" in Geschichte und Ergebnisse der zentralen amtlichen Statistik in Österreich 1829-1979, Beitrage zur österreichischen Statistik, Heft 550, Vienna, 1979, pp. 692-3.
1913-50: A. Kausel, N. Nemeth, and H. Seidel, "Oster-reichs Volkseinkommen, 1913-63", Monatsberichte des Osterreichischen Institutes für Wirtschaftsforschung, 14th Sonderheft, Vienna, August 1965, p. 38 and 42;

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