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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	Lebanon	South Africa
Dec 31, 1999	18,692	81,439	3,460	46,257
Dec 31, 2000	18,907	81,474	3,499	46,958
Dec 31, 2001	19,151	81,534	3,554	47,820
Dec 31, 2002	19,371	81,595	3,610	48,480
Dec 31, 2003	19,595	81,566	3,665	48,951
Dec 31, 2004	19,805	81,473	3,721	49,478
Dec 31, 2005	20,048	81,354	3,777	50,054
Dec 31, 2006	20,320	81,190	3,853	50,667
Dec 31, 2007	20,694	81,009	3,954	51,339
Dec 31, 2008	21,113	80,781	4,036	52,077
Dec 31, 2009	21,553	80,500	4,082	52,862
Dec 31, 2010	21,891	80,301	4,097	53,682
Dec 31, 2011	22,197	80,292	4,115	54,518
Dec 31, 2012	22,588	80,443	4,206	55,356
Dec 31, 2013	22,980	80,663	4,696	56,215
Dec 31, 2014	23,326	81,000	5,365	57,075
Dec 31, 2015	23,664	81,704	5,640	57,947
Dec 31, 2016	24,036	82,366	5,688	58,830
Dec 31, 2017	24,445	82,674	5,680	59,715
Dec 31, 2018	24,823	82,923	5,562	60,595
Dec 31, 2019	25,204	83,110	5,331	61,469
Dec 31, 2020	25,529	83,178	4,986	62,355
Dec 31, 2021	25,574	83,213	4,802	62,900
Dec 31, 2022	25,826	83,811	4,713	63,382

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.

Lebanon

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

South Africa

1700–1900 (Cape Colony): Fourie, J. and Van Zanden, J.L. (2013). GDP in the Dutch Cape Colony: the Nationals Accounts of a Slave-Based Society, South African Journal of Economics, vol. 81 (4): 467 - 490