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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	Sudan	Germany
Dec 31, 1999	277	273	26,168	81,439
Dec 31, 2000	281	274	26,771	81,474
Dec 31, 2001	285	275	27,387	81,534
Dec 31, 2002	288	276	28,017	81,595
Dec 31, 2003	289	278	28,662	81,566
Dec 31, 2004	293	279	29,321	81,473
Dec 31, 2005	296	280	29,996	81,354
Dec 31, 2006	304	281	30,686	81,190
Dec 31, 2007	311	282	31,393	81,009
Dec 31, 2008	319	283	32,137	80,781
Dec 31, 2009	319	285	33,078	80,500
Dec 31, 2010	318	286	33,891	80,301
Dec 31, 2011	319	287	34,568	80,292
Dec 31, 2012	321	288	35,293	80,443
Dec 31, 2013	324	289	36,093	80,663
Dec 31, 2014	327	290	37,058	81,000
Dec 31, 2015	331	291	38,165	81,704
Dec 31, 2016	335	291	39,294	82,366
Dec 31, 2017	343	292	40,512	82,674
Dec 31, 2018	353	293	41,764	82,923
Dec 31, 2019	361	294	42,952	83,110
Dec 31, 2020	366	294	44,121	83,178
Dec 31, 2021	372	295	45,290	83,213
Dec 31, 2022	380	295	46,498	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 Barbados, Sudan; the database as a whole is cited above.