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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	Barbados	Germany	Puerto Rico
Dec 31, 1999	277	273	81,439	3,800
Dec 31, 2000	281	274	81,474	3,811
Dec 31, 2001	285	275	81,534	3,819
Dec 31, 2002	288	276	81,595	3,824
Dec 31, 2003	289	278	81,566	3,826
Dec 31, 2004	293	279	81,473	3,827
Dec 31, 2005	296	280	81,354	3,822
Dec 31, 2006	304	281	81,190	3,805
Dec 31, 2007	311	282	81,009	3,783
Dec 31, 2008	319	283	80,781	3,761
Dec 31, 2009	319	285	80,500	3,741
Dec 31, 2010	318	286	80,301	3,722
Dec 31, 2011	319	287	80,292	3,679
Dec 31, 2012	321	288	80,443	3,636
Dec 31, 2013	324	289	80,663	3,589
Dec 31, 2014	327	290	81,000	3,534
Dec 31, 2015	331	291	81,704	3,473
Dec 31, 2016	335	291	82,366	3,411
Dec 31, 2017	343	292	82,674	3,352
Dec 31, 2018	353	293	82,923	3,295
Dec 31, 2019	361	294	83,110	3,268
Dec 31, 2020	366	294	83,178	3,247
Dec 31, 2021	372	295	83,213	3,232
Dec 31, 2022	380	295	83,811	3,228

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