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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	Dominica	Burkina Faso	Germany
Dec 31, 1999	70	11,075	81,439
Dec 31, 2000	71	11,405	81,474
Dec 31, 2001	71	11,828	81,534
Dec 31, 2002	72	12,380	81,595
Dec 31, 2003	72	12,829	81,566
Dec 31, 2004	72	13,178	81,473
Dec 31, 2005	72	13,540	81,354
Dec 31, 2006	72	13,917	81,190
Dec 31, 2007	72	14,309	81,009
Dec 31, 2008	73	14,722	80,781
Dec 31, 2009	73	15,152	80,500
Dec 31, 2010	73	15,600	80,301
Dec 31, 2011	73	16,064	80,292
Dec 31, 2012	73	16,563	80,443
Dec 31, 2013	73	17,072	80,663
Dec 31, 2014	73	17,575	81,000
Dec 31, 2015	74	18,094	81,704
Dec 31, 2016	74	18,621	82,366
Dec 31, 2017	74	19,157	82,674
Dec 31, 2018	74	19,698	82,923
Dec 31, 2019	75	20,242	83,110
Dec 31, 2020	75	20,788	83,178
Dec 31, 2021	76	21,336	83,213
Dec 31, 2022	76	21,889	83,811

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 Dominica, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.