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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	Iceland
Dec 31, 1999	18,692	81,439	19,354	277
Dec 31, 2000	18,907	81,474	19,610	281
Dec 31, 2001	19,151	81,534	19,838	285
Dec 31, 2002	19,371	81,595	20,060	288
Dec 31, 2003	19,595	81,566	20,297	289
Dec 31, 2004	19,805	81,473	20,529	293
Dec 31, 2005	20,048	81,354	20,703	296
Dec 31, 2006	20,320	81,190	20,917	304
Dec 31, 2007	20,694	81,009	21,120	311
Dec 31, 2008	21,113	80,781	21,315	319
Dec 31, 2009	21,553	80,500	21,503	319
Dec 31, 2010	21,891	80,301	21,713	318
Dec 31, 2011	22,197	80,292	21,918	319
Dec 31, 2012	22,588	80,443	22,120	321
Dec 31, 2013	22,980	80,663	22,320	324
Dec 31, 2014	23,326	81,000	22,517	327
Dec 31, 2015	23,664	81,704	22,711	331
Dec 31, 2016	24,036	82,366	22,899	335
Dec 31, 2017	24,445	82,674	23,080	343
Dec 31, 2018	24,823	82,923	23,254	353
Dec 31, 2019	25,204	83,110	23,420	361
Dec 31, 2020	25,529	83,178	23,579	366
Dec 31, 2021	25,574	83,213	23,732	372
Dec 31, 2022	25,826	83,811	23,796	380

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.

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