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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	Dominica	Germany	Burkina Faso	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	70	81,439	11,075	273
Dec 31, 2000	71	81,474	11,405	274
Dec 31, 2001	71	81,534	11,828	275
Dec 31, 2002	72	81,595	12,380	276
Dec 31, 2003	72	81,566	12,829	278
Dec 31, 2004	72	81,473	13,178	279
Dec 31, 2005	72	81,354	13,540	280
Dec 31, 2006	72	81,190	13,917	281
Dec 31, 2007	72	81,009	14,309	282
Dec 31, 2008	73	80,781	14,722	283
Dec 31, 2009	73	80,500	15,152	285
Dec 31, 2010	73	80,301	15,600	286
Dec 31, 2011	73	80,292	16,064	287
Dec 31, 2012	73	80,443	16,563	288
Dec 31, 2013	73	80,663	17,072	289
Dec 31, 2014	73	81,000	17,575	290
Dec 31, 2015	74	81,704	18,094	291
Dec 31, 2016	74	82,366	18,621	291
Dec 31, 2017	74	82,674	19,157	292
Dec 31, 2018	74	82,923	19,698	293
Dec 31, 2019	75	83,110	20,242	294
Dec 31, 2020	75	83,178	20,788	294
Dec 31, 2021	76	83,213	21,336	295
Dec 31, 2022	76	83,811	21,889	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.

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