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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	Zimbabwe	Germany	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	11,985	81,439	273
Dec 31, 2000	12,104	81,474	274
Dec 31, 2001	12,208	81,534	275
Dec 31, 2002	12,281	81,595	276
Dec 31, 2003	12,318	81,566	278
Dec 31, 2004	12,336	81,473	279
Dec 31, 2005	12,329	81,354	280
Dec 31, 2006	12,394	81,190	281
Dec 31, 2007	12,494	81,009	282
Dec 31, 2008	12,568	80,781	283
Dec 31, 2009	12,666	80,500	285
Dec 31, 2010	12,782	80,301	286
Dec 31, 2011	12,907	80,292	287
Dec 31, 2012	13,036	80,443	288
Dec 31, 2013	13,169	80,663	289
Dec 31, 2014	13,314	81,000	290
Dec 31, 2015	13,479	81,704	291
Dec 31, 2016	13,665	82,366	291
Dec 31, 2017	13,870	82,674	292
Dec 31, 2018	14,097	82,923	293
Dec 31, 2019	14,345	83,110	294
Dec 31, 2020	14,615	83,178	294
Dec 31, 2021	14,900	83,213	295
Dec 31, 2022	15,205	83,811	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.

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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

Zimbabwe

1914-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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; the database as a whole is cited above.