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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	Colombia	Morocco
Dec 31, 1999	18,692	81,439	38,365	28,400
Dec 31, 2000	18,907	81,474	38,911	28,744
Dec 31, 2001	19,151	81,534	39,411	29,094
Dec 31, 2002	19,371	81,595	39,918	29,447
Dec 31, 2003	19,595	81,566	40,416	29,806
Dec 31, 2004	19,805	81,473	40,899	30,169
Dec 31, 2005	20,048	81,354	41,374	30,552
Dec 31, 2006	20,320	81,190	41,862	30,953
Dec 31, 2007	20,694	81,009	42,324	31,354
Dec 31, 2008	21,113	80,781	42,781	31,754
Dec 31, 2009	21,553	80,500	43,264	32,154
Dec 31, 2010	21,891	80,301	43,771	32,553
Dec 31, 2011	22,197	80,292	44,225	32,951
Dec 31, 2012	22,588	80,443	44,660	33,346
Dec 31, 2013	22,980	80,663	45,081	33,737
Dec 31, 2014	23,326	81,000	45,846	34,124
Dec 31, 2015	23,664	81,704	46,290	34,511
Dec 31, 2016	24,036	82,366	46,796	34,898
Dec 31, 2017	24,445	82,674	47,385	35,279
Dec 31, 2018	24,823	82,923	48,222	35,653
Dec 31, 2019	25,204	83,110	49,326	36,018
Dec 31, 2020	25,529	83,178	50,283	36,375
Dec 31, 2021	25,574	83,213	50,978	36,723
Dec 31, 2022	25,826	83,811	51,332	37,101

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.

Colombia

1800 - 1870: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307 (updated data)
1870 - 1923: Bertola, L and Ocampo, J.A. (2012) The Economic Development of Latin America since Independence. Oxford, Oxford U.P.
1929 - 1950: CEPAL, Series Historicas del Crecimiento de America Latina, Santiago, 1978

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