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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	Ethiopia	Germany	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	63,575	81,439	273
Dec 31, 2000	65,213	81,474	274
Dec 31, 2001	66,889	81,534	275
Dec 31, 2002	68,649	81,595	276
Dec 31, 2003	70,491	81,566	278
Dec 31, 2004	72,389	81,473	279
Dec 31, 2005	74,327	81,354	280
Dec 31, 2006	76,326	81,190	281
Dec 31, 2007	78,411	81,009	282
Dec 31, 2008	80,564	80,781	283
Dec 31, 2009	82,787	80,500	285
Dec 31, 2010	85,096	80,301	286
Dec 31, 2011	87,530	80,292	287
Dec 31, 2012	90,066	80,443	288
Dec 31, 2013	92,632	80,663	289
Dec 31, 2014	95,337	81,000	290
Dec 31, 2015	98,114	81,704	291
Dec 31, 2016	100,858	82,366	291
Dec 31, 2017	103,654	82,674	292
Dec 31, 2018	106,466	82,923	293
Dec 31, 2019	109,267	83,110	294
Dec 31, 2020	112,100	83,178	294
Dec 31, 2021	114,964	83,213	295
Dec 31, 2022	117,924	83,811	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.

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