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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	Hungary	Chile
Dec 31, 1999	18,692	81,439	10,244	15,140
Dec 31, 2000	18,907	81,474	10,218	15,340
Dec 31, 2001	19,151	81,534	10,194	15,513
Dec 31, 2002	19,371	81,595	10,165	15,686
Dec 31, 2003	19,595	81,566	10,136	15,859
Dec 31, 2004	19,805	81,473	10,114	16,029
Dec 31, 2005	20,048	81,354	10,094	16,222
Dec 31, 2006	20,320	81,190	10,078	16,364
Dec 31, 2007	20,694	81,009	10,062	16,536
Dec 31, 2008	21,113	80,781	10,045	16,700
Dec 31, 2009	21,553	80,500	10,029	16,864
Dec 31, 2010	21,891	80,301	10,007	16,999
Dec 31, 2011	22,197	80,292	9,978	17,189
Dec 31, 2012	22,588	80,443	9,927	17,378
Dec 31, 2013	22,980	80,663	9,900	17,545
Dec 31, 2014	23,326	81,000	9,873	17,720
Dec 31, 2015	23,664	81,704	9,850	17,904
Dec 31, 2016	24,036	82,366	9,821	18,099
Dec 31, 2017	24,445	82,674	9,794	18,350
Dec 31, 2018	24,823	82,923	9,782	18,681
Dec 31, 2019	25,204	83,110	9,778	19,035
Dec 31, 2020	25,529	83,178	9,757	19,385
Dec 31, 2021	25,574	83,213	9,716	19,604
Dec 31, 2022	25,826	83,811	9,690	19,715

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.

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.

Chile

1810–2004: Díaz, J.B. Lüders, R. and Wagner, G. (2007) Economia Chilena 1810 - 2000, Producto total y sectorial una nueva mirada, Pontificia universidad Catolica de Chile, Insituto de Economia, Documeno de Trabajo no. 315