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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	Kenya	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	30,192	273
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	31,025	274
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	31,919	275
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	32,865	276
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	33,846	278
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	34,880	279
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	35,961	280
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	37,093	281
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	38,248	282
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	39,441	283
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	40,668	285
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	41,900	286
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	43,198	287
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	44,470	288
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	45,639	289
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	46,808	290
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	47,983	291
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	49,095	291
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	50,201	292
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	51,357	293
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	52,522	294
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	53,691	294
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	54,867	295
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	55,924	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.

Kenya

1904-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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