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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	Uruguay	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	3,234	273
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	3,246	274
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	3,257	275
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	3,268	276
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	3,277	278
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	3,285	279
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	3,291	280
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	3,298	281
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	3,305	282
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	3,313	283
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	3,321	285
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	3,329	286
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	3,337	287
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	3,345	288
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	3,353	289
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	3,362	290
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	3,371	291
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	3,380	291
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	3,390	292
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	3,399	293
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	3,408	294
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	3,417	294
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	3,426	295
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	3,422	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.

Uruguay

1800-1870: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307. (updated data)
1870–2014: Bèrtola, L. (2016). El PIB per Capita de Uruguay 1870 - 2016: una reconstruccion. PHES working paper No 48

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