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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	Ghana	Hungary
Dec 31, 1999	18,692	81,439	19,327	10,244
Dec 31, 2000	18,907	81,474	19,792	10,218
Dec 31, 2001	19,151	81,534	20,280	10,194
Dec 31, 2002	19,371	81,595	20,806	10,165
Dec 31, 2003	19,595	81,566	21,350	10,136
Dec 31, 2004	19,805	81,473	21,900	10,114
Dec 31, 2005	20,048	81,354	22,469	10,094
Dec 31, 2006	20,320	81,190	23,058	10,078
Dec 31, 2007	20,694	81,009	23,661	10,062
Dec 31, 2008	21,113	80,781	24,270	10,045
Dec 31, 2009	21,553	80,500	24,899	10,029
Dec 31, 2010	21,891	80,301	25,559	10,007
Dec 31, 2011	22,197	80,292	26,244	9,978
Dec 31, 2012	22,588	80,443	26,945	9,927
Dec 31, 2013	22,980	80,663	27,664	9,900
Dec 31, 2014	23,326	81,000	28,405	9,873
Dec 31, 2015	23,664	81,704	29,146	9,850
Dec 31, 2016	24,036	82,366	29,879	9,821
Dec 31, 2017	24,445	82,674	30,617	9,794
Dec 31, 2018	24,823	82,923	31,362	9,782
Dec 31, 2019	25,204	83,110	32,111	9,778
Dec 31, 2020	25,529	83,178	32,864	9,757
Dec 31, 2021	25,574	83,213	33,622	9,716
Dec 31, 2022	25,826	83,811	34,280	9,690

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.

Ghana

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

Hungary

1870-1913: L. Katus, "Economic Growth in Hungary during the Age of Dualism (1867-1913)" in E. Pemlenyi, ed., Social Economic Research in the History of East Central Europe, Akademiai Kiado, Budapest, 1970, p.108 and J. Komlos, The Habsburg Monarchy as a Customs Union, Princeton, 1983, pp. 291-3
1900-42: A. Eckstein, "National Income and Capital Formation in Hungary, 1900-50", in S. Kuznets, ed., Income and Wealth, series V GNP index, Bowes and Bowes, London, 1955, p. 175
1938-50: from L. Czirjak, "Hungarian GNP by Sectors of Origin of Product and End Uses, 1938 and 1946-67", Occasional Paper 43, Research Project on East Central Europe, New York, 1973.