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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	Montenegro
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	11,075	623
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	11,405	623
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	11,828	623
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	12,380	622
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	12,829	621
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	13,178	621
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	13,540	621
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	13,917	620
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	14,309	620
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	14,722	621
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	15,152	622
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	15,600	623
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	16,064	622
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	16,563	622
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	17,072	622
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	17,575	621
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	18,094	620
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	18,621	618
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	19,157	616
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	19,698	614
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	20,242	613
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	20,788	612
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	21,336	611
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	21,889	610

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.

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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.

Montenegro

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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