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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Germany	United Arab Emirates	Morocco
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	81,439	3,101	28,400
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	81,474	3,284	28,744
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	81,534	3,458	29,094
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	81,595	3,613	29,447
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	81,566	3,754	29,806
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	81,473	3,882	30,169
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	81,354	4,000	30,552
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	81,190	4,532	30,953
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	81,009	5,623	31,354
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	80,781	7,277	31,754
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	80,500	8,164	32,154
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	80,301	8,152	32,553
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	80,292	8,438	32,951
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	80,443	8,747	33,346
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	80,663	9,077	33,737
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	81,000	9,321	34,124
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	81,704	9,461	34,511
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	82,366	9,587	34,898
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	82,674	9,699	35,279
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	82,923	9,796	35,653
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	83,110	9,879	36,018
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	83,178	9,953	36,375
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	83,213	10,018	36,723
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	83,811	10,099	37,101

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

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 Congo - Kinshasa, United Arab Emirates, Morocco; the database as a whole is cited above.