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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	Finland	Oman	Albania
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	5,166	2,348	3,085
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	5,176	2,403	3,065
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	5,188	2,457	3,047
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	5,201	2,510	3,038
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	5,213	2,562	3,026
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	5,228	2,613	3,014
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	5,246	2,663	2,998
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	5,266	2,713	2,979
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	5,289	2,764	2,957
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	5,313	2,816	2,934
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	5,339	2,871	2,915
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	5,363	2,928	2,900
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	5,388	2,986	2,892
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	5,414	3,047	2,888
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	5,439	3,110	2,882
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	5,463	3,174	2,876
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	5,481	3,240	2,868
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	5,495	3,307	2,863
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	5,508	3,375	2,861
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	5,516	3,444	2,854
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	5,522	3,512	2,842
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	5,531	3,582	2,825
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	5,542	3,651	2,799
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	5,556	3,696	2,787

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.

Finland

1600–1860: Eloranta, J., Voutilainen, M. and Nummela, I. (2016). “Estimating Finnish Economic Growth Before 1860” mimeo.
1860-1960: R. Hjerppe, The Finnish Economy 1860-1985: Growth and Structural Change, Bank of Finland, Helsinki, 1989, pp. 198-200.

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