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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	Norway	Benin
Dec 31, 1999	18,692	81,439	4,463	6,461
Dec 31, 2000	18,907	81,474	4,492	6,677
Dec 31, 2001	19,151	81,534	4,515	6,902
Dec 31, 2002	19,371	81,595	4,539	7,130
Dec 31, 2003	19,595	81,566	4,566	7,360
Dec 31, 2004	19,805	81,473	4,593	7,589
Dec 31, 2005	20,048	81,354	4,624	7,838
Dec 31, 2006	20,320	81,190	4,662	8,089
Dec 31, 2007	20,694	81,009	4,710	8,335
Dec 31, 2008	21,113	80,781	4,769	8,603
Dec 31, 2009	21,553	80,500	4,830	8,884
Dec 31, 2010	21,891	80,301	4,890	9,179
Dec 31, 2011	22,197	80,292	4,954	9,486
Dec 31, 2012	22,588	80,443	5,020	9,805
Dec 31, 2013	22,980	80,663	5,081	10,135
Dec 31, 2014	23,326	81,000	5,138	10,480
Dec 31, 2015	23,664	81,704	5,191	10,842
Dec 31, 2016	24,036	82,366	5,237	11,220
Dec 31, 2017	24,445	82,674	5,278	11,613
Dec 31, 2018	24,823	82,923	5,313	12,018
Dec 31, 2019	25,204	83,110	5,349	12,370
Dec 31, 2020	25,529	83,178	5,380	12,725
Dec 31, 2021	25,574	83,213	5,409	13,081
Dec 31, 2022	25,826	83,811	5,458	13,439

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.

Norway

1820–1930: Grytten, O.H. (2015). Norwegian gross domestic product by industry 1830 - 1930, Norges Bank Working paper 19/2015. Population from Maddison (2006)
1930-1950: Central Bureau of Statistics Norway, 1970 and Maddison, A. Monintoring the World Economy, 1995

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