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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	Germany	Barbados	Estonia
Dec 31, 1999	277	81,439	273	1,378
Dec 31, 2000	281	81,474	274	1,400
Dec 31, 2001	285	81,534	275	1,391
Dec 31, 2002	288	81,595	276	1,382
Dec 31, 2003	289	81,566	278	1,374
Dec 31, 2004	293	81,473	279	1,365
Dec 31, 2005	296	81,354	280	1,357
Dec 31, 2006	304	81,190	281	1,349
Dec 31, 2007	311	81,009	282	1,341
Dec 31, 2008	319	80,781	283	1,337
Dec 31, 2009	319	80,500	285	1,334
Dec 31, 2010	318	80,301	286	1,332
Dec 31, 2011	319	80,292	287	1,328
Dec 31, 2012	321	80,443	288	1,324
Dec 31, 2013	324	80,663	289	1,319
Dec 31, 2014	327	81,000	290	1,314
Dec 31, 2015	331	81,704	291	1,312
Dec 31, 2016	335	82,366	291	1,314
Dec 31, 2017	343	82,674	292	1,314
Dec 31, 2018	353	82,923	293	1,318
Dec 31, 2019	361	83,110	294	1,323
Dec 31, 2020	366	83,178	294	1,327
Dec 31, 2021	372	83,213	295	1,329
Dec 31, 2022	380	83,811	295	1,330

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, Estonia; the database as a whole is cited above.