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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	United States	Philippines	Spain
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	279,040	79,346	40,378
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	282,162	81,131	40,563
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	284,969	83,023	40,775
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	287,625	84,876	41,433
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	290,108	86,697	42,205
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	292,805	88,568	42,869
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	295,517	90,418	43,672
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	298,380	92,253	44,370
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	301,231	94,098	45,246
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	304,094	95,923	45,993
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	306,772	97,627	46,378
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	309,327	99,317	46,573
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	311,583	100,999	46,746
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	313,878	102,618	46,777
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	316,060	104,299	46,603
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	318,386	106,076	46,465
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	320,739	107,868	46,420
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	323,072	109,493	46,460
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	325,122	111,094	46,543
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	326,838	112,843	46,739
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	328,330	114,636	47,116
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	331,512	117,026	47,366
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	332,032	119,473	47,342
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	333,288	121,234	47,625

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.

United States

1650 - 1790: McCusker, John J., ‘Colonial Statistics’, Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press. V-671.
1790 - 1870: Sutch, R. (2006). National Income and Product. Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press III-23-25.
1800-1830: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307. (updated data)
1820-1950: GDP movement from Maddison (1995a), amended for 1820–70 to include income of the indigenous population (taken to be $400 per capita in 1820 and 1870).

Philippines

1820-1900: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1900-1950: R.W. Hooley, "Long Term Growth of the Philippine Economy, 1902-1961", , The Philippine Economic Journal, First Semester, 1968.

Spain

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1270-1850: Álvarez-Nogal, C. and L. Prados de la Escosura (2013). "The Rise and Fall of Spain (1270-1850)," Economic History Review, 66, 1, 1-37, using their annual benchmarks
1850–2011: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2017), Spanish Economic Growth, 1850-2015 (London: Palgrave Macmillan)