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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	North Macedonia	Burkina Faso	Oman
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	2,006	11,075	2,348
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	2,017	11,405	2,403
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	2,026	11,828	2,457
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	2,011	12,380	2,510
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	2,018	12,829	2,562
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	2,024	13,178	2,613
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	2,028	13,540	2,663
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	2,031	13,917	2,713
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	2,035	14,309	2,764
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	2,038	14,722	2,816
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	2,042	15,152	2,871
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	2,046	15,600	2,928
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	2,049	16,064	2,986
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	2,052	16,563	3,047
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	2,055	17,072	3,110
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	2,058	17,575	3,174
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	2,061	18,094	3,240
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	2,063	18,621	3,307
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	2,065	19,157	3,375
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	2,067	19,698	3,444
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	2,068	20,242	3,512
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	2,065	20,788	3,582
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	2,057	21,336	3,651
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	2,048	21,889	3,696

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.

North Macedonia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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