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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	Chad
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	3,085	2,348	7,559
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	3,065	2,403	7,821
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	3,047	2,457	8,092
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	3,038	2,510	8,395
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	3,026	2,562	8,763
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	3,014	2,613	9,191
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	2,998	2,663	9,594
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	2,979	2,713	9,967
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	2,957	2,764	10,338
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	2,934	2,816	10,728
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	2,915	2,871	11,139
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	2,900	2,928	11,550
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	2,892	2,986	11,983
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	2,888	3,047	12,427
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	2,882	3,110	12,895
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	2,876	3,174	13,379
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	2,868	3,240	13,823
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	2,863	3,307	14,277
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	2,861	3,375	14,765
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	2,854	3,444	15,252
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	2,842	3,512	15,750
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	2,825	3,582	16,257
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	2,799	3,651	16,776
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	2,787	3,696	17,307

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 Albania, Oman, Chad; the database as a whole is cited above.