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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	Iceland	Bulgaria
Dec 31, 1999	18,692	81,439	277	8,091
Dec 31, 2000	18,907	81,474	281	8,052
Dec 31, 2001	19,151	81,534	285	7,798
Dec 31, 2002	19,371	81,595	288	7,755
Dec 31, 2003	19,595	81,566	289	7,710
Dec 31, 2004	19,805	81,473	293	7,668
Dec 31, 2005	20,048	81,354	296	7,628
Dec 31, 2006	20,320	81,190	304	7,587
Dec 31, 2007	20,694	81,009	311	7,549
Dec 31, 2008	21,113	80,781	319	7,513
Dec 31, 2009	21,553	80,500	319	7,475
Dec 31, 2010	21,891	80,301	318	7,425
Dec 31, 2011	22,197	80,292	319	7,242
Dec 31, 2012	22,588	80,443	321	7,200
Dec 31, 2013	22,980	80,663	324	7,160
Dec 31, 2014	23,326	81,000	327	7,119
Dec 31, 2015	23,664	81,704	331	7,074
Dec 31, 2016	24,036	82,366	335	7,024
Dec 31, 2017	24,445	82,674	343	6,973
Dec 31, 2018	24,823	82,923	353	6,923
Dec 31, 2019	25,204	83,110	361	6,874
Dec 31, 2020	25,529	83,178	366	6,833
Dec 31, 2021	25,574	83,213	372	6,778
Dec 31, 2022	25,826	83,811	380	6,720

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.

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

Bulgaria

1892-1945: Ivanov, M. (2006). “Bulgarian National Income between 1892 and 1924,” Bulgarian National Discussion Papers DP/54/2006