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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	Chad	Comoros
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	7,559	531
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	7,821	545
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	8,092	559
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	8,395	574
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	8,763	590
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	9,191	606
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	9,594	623
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	9,967	640
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	10,338	657
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	10,728	674
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	11,139	690
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	11,550	706
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	11,983	722
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	12,427	737
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	12,895	752
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	13,379	767
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	13,823	781
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	14,277	795
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	14,765	808
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	15,252	821
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	15,750	837
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	16,257	853
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	16,776	869
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	17,307	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 Chad, Comoros; the database as a whole is cited above.