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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	Bahrain	Oman	Germany
Dec 31, 1999	633	2,348	81,439
Dec 31, 2000	648	2,403	81,474
Dec 31, 2001	665	2,457	81,534
Dec 31, 2002	707	2,510	81,595
Dec 31, 2003	773	2,562	81,566
Dec 31, 2004	839	2,613	81,473
Dec 31, 2005	907	2,663	81,354
Dec 31, 2006	974	2,713	81,190
Dec 31, 2007	1,043	2,764	81,009
Dec 31, 2008	1,096	2,816	80,781
Dec 31, 2009	1,133	2,871	80,500
Dec 31, 2010	1,168	2,928	80,301
Dec 31, 2011	1,202	2,986	80,292
Dec 31, 2012	1,236	3,047	80,443
Dec 31, 2013	1,268	3,110	80,663
Dec 31, 2014	1,301	3,174	81,000
Dec 31, 2015	1,333	3,240	81,704
Dec 31, 2016	1,365	3,307	82,366
Dec 31, 2017	1,396	3,375	82,674
Dec 31, 2018	1,428	3,444	82,923
Dec 31, 2019	1,459	3,512	83,110
Dec 31, 2020	1,489	3,582	83,178
Dec 31, 2021	1,511	3,651	83,213
Dec 31, 2022	1,521	3,696	83,811

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.

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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

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.

No separate list is published for Bahrain, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.