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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	Iceland	Albania	Barbados	Germany
Dec 31, 1999	277	3,085	273	81,439
Dec 31, 2000	281	3,065	274	81,474
Dec 31, 2001	285	3,047	275	81,534
Dec 31, 2002	288	3,038	276	81,595
Dec 31, 2003	289	3,026	278	81,566
Dec 31, 2004	293	3,014	279	81,473
Dec 31, 2005	296	2,998	280	81,354
Dec 31, 2006	304	2,979	281	81,190
Dec 31, 2007	311	2,957	282	81,009
Dec 31, 2008	319	2,934	283	80,781
Dec 31, 2009	319	2,915	285	80,500
Dec 31, 2010	318	2,900	286	80,301
Dec 31, 2011	319	2,892	287	80,292
Dec 31, 2012	321	2,888	288	80,443
Dec 31, 2013	324	2,882	289	80,663
Dec 31, 2014	327	2,876	290	81,000
Dec 31, 2015	331	2,868	291	81,704
Dec 31, 2016	335	2,863	291	82,366
Dec 31, 2017	343	2,861	292	82,674
Dec 31, 2018	353	2,854	293	82,923
Dec 31, 2019	361	2,842	294	83,110
Dec 31, 2020	366	2,825	294	83,178
Dec 31, 2021	372	2,799	295	83,213
Dec 31, 2022	380	2,787	295	83,811

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

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.

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 Albania, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.