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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	Comoros
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	531
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	545
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	559
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	574
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	590
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	606
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	623
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	640
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	657
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	674
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	690
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	706
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	722
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	737
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	752
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	767
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	781
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	795
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	808
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	821
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	837
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	853
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	869
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	885

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 Comoros; the database as a whole is cited above.