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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	Germany	Albania	Oman	Philippines
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	3,085	2,348	79,346
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	3,065	2,403	81,131
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	3,047	2,457	83,023
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	3,038	2,510	84,876
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	3,026	2,562	86,697
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	3,014	2,613	88,568
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	2,998	2,663	90,418
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	2,979	2,713	92,253
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	2,957	2,764	94,098
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	2,934	2,816	95,923
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	2,915	2,871	97,627
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	2,900	2,928	99,317
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	2,892	2,986	100,999
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	2,888	3,047	102,618
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	2,882	3,110	104,299
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	2,876	3,174	106,076
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	2,868	3,240	107,868
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	2,863	3,307	109,493
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	2,861	3,375	111,094
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	2,854	3,444	112,843
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	2,842	3,512	114,636
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	2,825	3,582	117,026
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	2,799	3,651	119,473
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	2,787	3,696	121,234

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.

Philippines

1820-1900: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1900-1950: R.W. Hooley, "Long Term Growth of the Philippine Economy, 1902-1961", , The Philippine Economic Journal, First Semester, 1968.

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