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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	Germany	Burkina Faso	Moldova
Dec 31, 1999	70	81,439	11,075	4,244
Dec 31, 2000	71	81,474	11,405	4,199
Dec 31, 2001	71	81,534	11,828	4,154
Dec 31, 2002	72	81,595	12,380	4,108
Dec 31, 2003	72	81,566	12,829	4,059
Dec 31, 2004	72	81,473	13,178	4,013
Dec 31, 2005	72	81,354	13,540	3,966
Dec 31, 2006	72	81,190	13,917	3,919
Dec 31, 2007	72	81,009	14,309	3,873
Dec 31, 2008	73	80,781	14,722	3,829
Dec 31, 2009	73	80,500	15,152	3,788
Dec 31, 2010	73	80,301	15,600	3,748
Dec 31, 2011	73	80,292	16,064	3,709
Dec 31, 2012	73	80,443	16,563	3,671
Dec 31, 2013	73	80,663	17,072	3,633
Dec 31, 2014	73	81,000	17,575	3,595
Dec 31, 2015	74	81,704	18,094	3,558
Dec 31, 2016	74	82,366	18,621	3,522
Dec 31, 2017	74	82,674	19,157	3,485
Dec 31, 2018	74	82,923	19,698	3,448
Dec 31, 2019	75	83,110	20,242	3,412
Dec 31, 2020	75	83,178	20,788	3,376
Dec 31, 2021	76	83,213	21,336	3,339
Dec 31, 2022	76	83,811	21,889	3,570

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.

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