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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	Brazil	Germany	Hong Kong SAR China	North Korea
Dec 31, 1999	174,320	81,439	6,587	22,594
Dec 31, 2000	176,902	81,474	6,646	22,785
Dec 31, 2001	179,389	81,534	6,695	22,977
Dec 31, 2002	181,721	81,595	6,725	23,165
Dec 31, 2003	183,970	81,566	6,712	23,330
Dec 31, 2004	186,165	81,473	6,765	23,477
Dec 31, 2005	188,330	81,354	6,794	23,621
Dec 31, 2006	190,438	81,190	6,838	23,764
Dec 31, 2007	192,450	81,009	6,897	23,908
Dec 31, 2008	194,458	80,781	6,938	24,051
Dec 31, 2009	196,464	80,500	6,953	24,191
Dec 31, 2010	198,408	80,301	7,004	24,326
Dec 31, 2011	200,152	80,292	7,052	24,457
Dec 31, 2012	201,894	80,443	7,130	24,589
Dec 31, 2013	203,614	80,663	7,159	24,720
Dec 31, 2014	205,358	81,000	7,209	24,852
Dec 31, 2015	207,148	81,704	7,271	24,983
Dec 31, 2016	208,859	82,366	7,316	25,115
Dec 31, 2017	210,537	82,674	7,372	25,248
Dec 31, 2018	212,258	82,923	7,432	25,381
Dec 31, 2019	213,940	83,110	7,487	25,497
Dec 31, 2020	215,577	83,178	7,460	25,608
Dec 31, 2021	216,720	83,213	7,392	25,711
Dec 31, 2022	217,718	83,811	7,387	25,808

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

Brazil

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)
1850–1899: Barro, R.J. and J.F. Ursua, (2008). “Macroeconomic Crises since 1870” Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Economic Studies Program, The Brookings Institution, vol. 39(1 (Spring), pages 255-350
1900-1950: A. Maddison and Associates, The Political Economy of Poverty, Equity and Growth: Brazil and Mexico, Oxford University Press, New York 1992;

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.

North Korea

1911-1940: Cha, M.S., Kim, N.N., Park, K.-J., Park, Y. (Eds.) (2020), Historical Statistics of Korea. Studies in Economic History, New York: Springer Publishing.
1990-2011: Cha, M.S., Kim, N.N., Park, K.-J., Park, Y. (Eds.) (2020), Historical Statistics of Korea. Studies in Economic History, New York: Springer Publishing.

No separate list is published for Hong Kong SAR China; the database as a whole is cited above.