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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	Iceland	Romania	Libya
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	277	22,414	4,993
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	281	22,262	5,116
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	285	22,106	5,237
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	288	21,931	5,357
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	289	21,828	5,476
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	293	21,704	5,595
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	296	21,571	5,715
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	304	21,443	5,835
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	311	21,129	5,967
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	319	20,779	6,115
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	319	20,607	6,270
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	318	20,485	6,432
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	319	20,385	6,144
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	321	20,296	5,849
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	324	20,224	6,010
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	327	20,151	6,163
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	331	20,055	6,291
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	335	19,938	6,415
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	343	19,823	6,549
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	353	19,713	6,689
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	361	19,622	6,826
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	366	19,496	6,960
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	372	19,351	7,088
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	380	19,266	7,169

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.

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

Romania

1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

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