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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	Romania	Paraguay	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	22,414	5,366	273
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	22,262	5,473	274
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	22,106	5,579	275
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	21,931	5,683	276
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	21,828	5,786	278
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	21,704	5,886	279
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	21,571	5,984	280
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	21,443	6,080	281
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	21,129	6,173	282
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	20,779	6,264	283
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	20,607	6,352	285
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	20,485	6,438	286
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	20,385	6,522	287
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	20,296	6,605	288
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	20,224	6,688	289
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	20,151	6,769	290
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	20,055	6,850	291
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	19,938	6,930	291
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	19,823	7,012	292
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	19,713	7,095	293
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	19,622	7,179	294
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	19,496	7,263	294
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	19,351	7,348	295
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	19,266	7,432	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.

Romania

1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

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