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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	Eswatini	Iceland	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	1,033	277	273
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	1,032	281	274
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	1,030	285	275
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	1,028	288	276
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	1,026	289	278
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	1,025	293	279
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	1,023	296	280
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	1,021	304	281
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	1,019	311	282
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	1,017	319	283
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	1,017	319	285
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	1,019	318	286
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	1,024	319	287
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	1,032	321	288
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	1,041	324	289
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	1,051	327	290
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	1,060	331	291
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	1,069	335	291
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	1,078	343	292
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	1,087	353	293
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	1,096	361	294
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	1,106	366	294
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	1,117	372	295
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	1,126	380	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 Eswatini, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.