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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	Australia	Germany	Austria	Vietnam
Dec 31, 1999	18,692	81,439	8,039	78,394
Dec 31, 2000	18,907	81,474	8,059	79,472
Dec 31, 2001	19,151	81,534	8,090	80,546
Dec 31, 2002	19,371	81,595	8,130	81,637
Dec 31, 2003	19,595	81,566	8,166	82,720
Dec 31, 2004	19,805	81,473	8,217	83,821
Dec 31, 2005	20,048	81,354	8,274	84,942
Dec 31, 2006	20,320	81,190	8,317	86,036
Dec 31, 2007	20,694	81,009	8,344	87,136
Dec 31, 2008	21,113	80,781	8,370	88,253
Dec 31, 2009	21,553	80,500	8,390	89,373
Dec 31, 2010	21,891	80,301	8,410	90,481
Dec 31, 2011	22,197	80,292	8,438	91,591
Dec 31, 2012	22,588	80,443	8,476	92,720
Dec 31, 2013	22,980	80,663	8,527	93,883
Dec 31, 2014	23,326	81,000	8,594	95,055
Dec 31, 2015	23,664	81,704	8,680	96,222
Dec 31, 2016	24,036	82,366	8,791	97,380
Dec 31, 2017	24,445	82,674	8,847	98,507
Dec 31, 2018	24,823	82,923	8,890	99,604
Dec 31, 2019	25,204	83,110	8,930	100,695
Dec 31, 2020	25,529	83,178	8,969	101,771
Dec 31, 2021	25,574	83,213	9,004	102,815
Dec 31, 2022	25,826	83,811	9,107	103,574

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

Australia

1820-1828: Butlin, N.G. 'Our 200 Years', Queesland Calendar, 1988
1828-1860: N.G. Butlin, "Contours of the Australian Economy 1788-1860", Australian Economic Review, Sept. 1986, pp. 112-13;
1861-1938/9: N.G. Butlin, Australian Domestic Product, Investment and Foreign Borrowing 1861-1938/9, Cambridge, 1962,pp.460-1; amdended as indicated in N.G. Butlin, Investment in Australian Economic Development 1861-19000, Cambridge, 1964, p. 453 and with revised deflator shown in M.W. Butlin, A Preliminary Annual Databae 1900/1901 to 1973/1974, Discussion Paper 7701, Reserve Bank of Australia, 1977, p. 41
1938/9-1950: from expenditure aggregates in 1966/7 prices in M.W. Butlin, RS/FLW/, p.85.

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.

Austria

1830-1913: Kausel, "Oster-reichs Volkseinkommen 1830 bis 1913" in Geschichte und Ergebnisse der zentralen amtlichen Statistik in Österreich 1829-1979, Beitrage zur österreichischen Statistik, Heft 550, Vienna, 1979, pp. 692-3.
1913-50: A. Kausel, N. Nemeth, and H. Seidel, "Oster-reichs Volkseinkommen, 1913-63", Monatsberichte des Osterreichischen Institutes für Wirtschaftsforschung, 14th Sonderheft, Vienna, August 1965, p. 38 and 42;

No separate list is published for Vietnam; the database as a whole is cited above.