Population, long-run history: compare countries

See Population, long-run history for up to four countries side by side.

Countries being compared

Add a country

Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Germany	Bolivia	Dominica
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	8,007	70
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	8,177	71
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	8,351	71
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	8,529	72
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	8,711	72
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	8,895	72
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	9,081	72
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	9,268	72
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	9,457	72
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	9,647	73
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	9,836	73
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	10,024	73
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	10,211	73
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	10,397	73
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	10,581	73
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	10,763	73
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	10,942	74
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	11,118	74
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	11,289	74
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	11,456	74
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	11,621	75
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	11,775	75
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	11,917	76
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	12,060	76

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.

Bolivia

1846-1950: Herranz-Loncán, A. and Peres-Cajías (2016). “Bolivian GDP per capita since the mid-nineteenth century” Cliometrica 10: 99-128

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