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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	Cambodia	Chile
Dec 31, 1999	18,692	81,439	12,122	15,140
Dec 31, 2000	18,907	81,474	12,317	15,340
Dec 31, 2001	19,151	81,534	12,504	15,513
Dec 31, 2002	19,371	81,595	12,691	15,686
Dec 31, 2003	19,595	81,566	12,881	15,859
Dec 31, 2004	19,805	81,473	13,076	16,029
Dec 31, 2005	20,048	81,354	13,276	16,222
Dec 31, 2006	20,320	81,190	13,461	16,364
Dec 31, 2007	20,694	81,009	13,630	16,536
Dec 31, 2008	21,113	80,781	13,808	16,700
Dec 31, 2009	21,553	80,500	13,990	16,864
Dec 31, 2010	21,891	80,301	14,162	16,999
Dec 31, 2011	22,197	80,292	14,322	17,189
Dec 31, 2012	22,588	80,443	14,480	17,378
Dec 31, 2013	22,980	80,663	14,637	17,545
Dec 31, 2014	23,326	81,000	14,793	17,720
Dec 31, 2015	23,664	81,704	14,994	17,904
Dec 31, 2016	24,036	82,366	15,238	18,099
Dec 31, 2017	24,445	82,674	15,480	18,350
Dec 31, 2018	24,823	82,923	15,717	18,681
Dec 31, 2019	25,204	83,110	15,944	19,035
Dec 31, 2020	25,529	83,178	16,149	19,385
Dec 31, 2021	25,574	83,213	16,338	19,604
Dec 31, 2022	25,826	83,811	16,514	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.

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

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