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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	Burkina Faso	Afghanistan	Thailand
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	11,075	22,206	59,748
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	11,405	22,461	60,165
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	11,828	22,507	60,746
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	12,380	23,600	61,323
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	12,829	25,005	61,884
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	13,178	25,698	62,425
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	13,540	26,335	62,956
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	13,917	27,154	63,467
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	14,309	27,387	63,937
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	14,722	27,706	64,381
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	15,152	28,484	64,804
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	15,600	29,121	65,208
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	16,064	29,758	65,599
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	16,563	30,420	65,970
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	17,072	31,108	66,332
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	17,575	31,823	66,673
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	18,094	32,564	66,975
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	18,621	33,332	67,250
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	19,157	34,125	67,506
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	19,698	34,941	67,750
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	20,242	35,972	67,975
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	20,788	37,034	68,180
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	21,336	38,127	68,366
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	21,889	39,252	68,457

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.

Thailand

1820-1900: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1900-50: Sompop Manarungsan, "Economic Development of Thailand, 1850-1950", University of Groningen, Ph. D. thesis, 1989

No separate list is published for Burkina Faso, Afghanistan; the database as a whole is cited above.