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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	Sri Lanka	Ghana
Dec 31, 1999	18,692	81,439	19,354	19,327
Dec 31, 2000	18,907	81,474	19,610	19,792
Dec 31, 2001	19,151	81,534	19,838	20,280
Dec 31, 2002	19,371	81,595	20,060	20,806
Dec 31, 2003	19,595	81,566	20,297	21,350
Dec 31, 2004	19,805	81,473	20,529	21,900
Dec 31, 2005	20,048	81,354	20,703	22,469
Dec 31, 2006	20,320	81,190	20,917	23,058
Dec 31, 2007	20,694	81,009	21,120	23,661
Dec 31, 2008	21,113	80,781	21,315	24,270
Dec 31, 2009	21,553	80,500	21,503	24,899
Dec 31, 2010	21,891	80,301	21,713	25,559
Dec 31, 2011	22,197	80,292	21,918	26,244
Dec 31, 2012	22,588	80,443	22,120	26,945
Dec 31, 2013	22,980	80,663	22,320	27,664
Dec 31, 2014	23,326	81,000	22,517	28,405
Dec 31, 2015	23,664	81,704	22,711	29,146
Dec 31, 2016	24,036	82,366	22,899	29,879
Dec 31, 2017	24,445	82,674	23,080	30,617
Dec 31, 2018	24,823	82,923	23,254	31,362
Dec 31, 2019	25,204	83,110	23,420	32,111
Dec 31, 2020	25,529	83,178	23,579	32,864
Dec 31, 2021	25,574	83,213	23,732	33,622
Dec 31, 2022	25,826	83,811	23,796	34,280

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.

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