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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Australia	Germany	Spain
Dec 31, 1999	18,692	81,439	40,378
Dec 31, 2000	18,907	81,474	40,563
Dec 31, 2001	19,151	81,534	40,775
Dec 31, 2002	19,371	81,595	41,433
Dec 31, 2003	19,595	81,566	42,205
Dec 31, 2004	19,805	81,473	42,869
Dec 31, 2005	20,048	81,354	43,672
Dec 31, 2006	20,320	81,190	44,370
Dec 31, 2007	20,694	81,009	45,246
Dec 31, 2008	21,113	80,781	45,993
Dec 31, 2009	21,553	80,500	46,378
Dec 31, 2010	21,891	80,301	46,573
Dec 31, 2011	22,197	80,292	46,746
Dec 31, 2012	22,588	80,443	46,777
Dec 31, 2013	22,980	80,663	46,603
Dec 31, 2014	23,326	81,000	46,465
Dec 31, 2015	23,664	81,704	46,420
Dec 31, 2016	24,036	82,366	46,460
Dec 31, 2017	24,445	82,674	46,543
Dec 31, 2018	24,823	82,923	46,739
Dec 31, 2019	25,204	83,110	47,116
Dec 31, 2020	25,529	83,178	47,366
Dec 31, 2021	25,574	83,213	47,342
Dec 31, 2022	25,826	83,811	47,625

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

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.

Spain

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1270-1850: Álvarez-Nogal, C. and L. Prados de la Escosura (2013). "The Rise and Fall of Spain (1270-1850)," Economic History Review, 66, 1, 1-37, using their annual benchmarks
1850–2011: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2017), Spanish Economic Growth, 1850-2015 (London: Palgrave Macmillan)