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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date GermanyPhilippinesBarbados
81,43979,346273
81,47481,131274
81,53483,023275
81,59584,876276
81,56686,697278
81,47388,568279
81,35490,418280
81,19092,253281
81,00994,098282
80,78195,923283
80,50097,627285
80,30199,317286
80,292100,999287
80,443102,618288
80,663104,299289
81,000106,076290
81,704107,868291
82,366109,493291
82,674111,094292
82,923112,843293
83,110114,636294
83,178117,026294
83,213119,473295
83,811121,234295

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.

Philippines

  • 1820-1900: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
  • 1900-1950: R.W. Hooley, "Long Term Growth of the Philippine Economy, 1902-1961", , The Philippine Economic Journal, First Semester, 1968.

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