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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	Romania	Chile
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	3,085	22,414	15,140
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	3,065	22,262	15,340
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	3,047	22,106	15,513
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	3,038	21,931	15,686
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	3,026	21,828	15,859
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	3,014	21,704	16,029
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	2,998	21,571	16,222
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	2,979	21,443	16,364
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	2,957	21,129	16,536
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	2,934	20,779	16,700
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	2,915	20,607	16,864
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	2,900	20,485	16,999
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	2,892	20,385	17,189
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	2,888	20,296	17,378
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	2,882	20,224	17,545
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	2,876	20,151	17,720
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	2,868	20,055	17,904
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	2,863	19,938	18,099
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	2,861	19,823	18,350
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	2,854	19,713	18,681
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	2,842	19,622	19,035
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	2,825	19,496	19,385
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	2,799	19,351	19,604
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	2,787	19,266	19,715

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.

Romania

1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

Chile

1810–2004: Díaz, J.B. Lüders, R. and Wagner, G. (2007) Economia Chilena 1810 - 2000, Producto total y sectorial una nueva mirada, Pontificia universidad Catolica de Chile, Insituto de Economia, Documeno de Trabajo no. 315

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