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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	277	51,181	273
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	281	52,782	274
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	285	54,453	275
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	288	56,170	276
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	289	57,860	278
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	293	59,599	279
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	296	61,474	280
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	304	63,479	281
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	311	65,590	282
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	319	67,800	283
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	319	70,114	285
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	318	72,550	286
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	319	75,138	287
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	321	77,792	288
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	324	80,534	289
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	327	83,368	290
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	331	86,229	291
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	335	89,193	291
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	343	92,209	292
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	353	95,232	293
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	361	98,320	294
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	366	101,499	294
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	372	104,767	295
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	380	108,171	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.

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