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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	Moldova	Comoros
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	11,075	4,244	531
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	11,405	4,199	545
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	11,828	4,154	559
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	12,380	4,108	574
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	12,829	4,059	590
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	13,178	4,013	606
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	13,540	3,966	623
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	13,917	3,919	640
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	14,309	3,873	657
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	14,722	3,829	674
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	15,152	3,788	690
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	15,600	3,748	706
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	16,064	3,709	722
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	16,563	3,671	737
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	17,072	3,633	752
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	17,575	3,595	767
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	18,094	3,558	781
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	18,621	3,522	795
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	19,157	3,485	808
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	19,698	3,448	821
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	20,242	3,412	837
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	20,788	3,376	853
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	21,336	3,339	869
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	21,889	3,570	885

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 Burkina Faso, Moldova, Comoros; the database as a whole is cited above.