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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	Ethiopia	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	63,575	627
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	65,213	659
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	66,889	691
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	68,649	724
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	70,491	757
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	72,389	850
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	74,327	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	76,326	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	78,411	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	80,564	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	82,787	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	85,096	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	87,530	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	90,066	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	92,632	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	95,337	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	98,114	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	100,858	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	103,654	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	106,466	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	109,267	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	112,100	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	114,964	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	117,924	2,559

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.

No separate list is published for Ethiopia, Qatar; the database as a whole is cited above.