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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	Palestinian Territories	Colombia
Dec 31, 1999	18,692	81,439	2,996	38,365
Dec 31, 2000	18,907	81,474	3,075	38,911
Dec 31, 2001	19,151	81,534	3,155	39,411
Dec 31, 2002	19,371	81,595	3,235	39,918
Dec 31, 2003	19,595	81,566	3,315	40,416
Dec 31, 2004	19,805	81,473	3,396	40,899
Dec 31, 2005	20,048	81,354	3,478	41,374
Dec 31, 2006	20,320	81,190	3,559	41,862
Dec 31, 2007	20,694	81,009	3,642	42,324
Dec 31, 2008	21,113	80,781	3,727	42,781
Dec 31, 2009	21,553	80,500	3,817	43,264
Dec 31, 2010	21,891	80,301	3,907	43,771
Dec 31, 2011	22,197	80,292	3,997	44,225
Dec 31, 2012	22,588	80,443	4,088	44,660
Dec 31, 2013	22,980	80,663	4,178	45,081
Dec 31, 2014	23,326	81,000	4,269	45,846
Dec 31, 2015	23,664	81,704	4,359	46,290
Dec 31, 2016	24,036	82,366	4,451	46,796
Dec 31, 2017	24,445	82,674	4,533	47,385
Dec 31, 2018	24,823	82,923	4,615	48,222
Dec 31, 2019	25,204	83,110	4,715	49,326
Dec 31, 2020	25,529	83,178	4,820	50,283
Dec 31, 2021	25,574	83,213	4,930	50,978
Dec 31, 2022	25,826	83,811	5,042	51,332

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.

Colombia

1800 - 1870: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307 (updated data)
1870 - 1923: Bertola, L and Ocampo, J.A. (2012) The Economic Development of Latin America since Independence. Oxford, Oxford U.P.
1929 - 1950: CEPAL, Series Historicas del Crecimiento de America Latina, Santiago, 1978

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