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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	Denmark	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	277	81,439	5,322	273
Dec 31, 2000	281	81,474	5,339	274
Dec 31, 2001	285	81,534	5,358	275
Dec 31, 2002	288	81,595	5,377	276
Dec 31, 2003	289	81,566	5,391	278
Dec 31, 2004	293	81,473	5,404	279
Dec 31, 2005	296	81,354	5,420	280
Dec 31, 2006	304	81,190	5,438	281
Dec 31, 2007	311	81,009	5,461	282
Dec 31, 2008	319	80,781	5,494	283
Dec 31, 2009	319	80,500	5,524	285
Dec 31, 2010	318	80,301	5,548	286
Dec 31, 2011	319	80,292	5,571	287
Dec 31, 2012	321	80,443	5,592	288
Dec 31, 2013	324	80,663	5,614	289
Dec 31, 2014	327	81,000	5,644	290
Dec 31, 2015	331	81,704	5,683	291
Dec 31, 2016	335	82,366	5,730	291
Dec 31, 2017	343	82,674	5,766	292
Dec 31, 2018	353	82,923	5,795	293
Dec 31, 2019	361	83,110	5,818	294
Dec 31, 2020	366	83,178	5,831	294
Dec 31, 2021	372	83,213	5,855	295
Dec 31, 2022	380	83,811	5,907	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.

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