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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	Romania	Albania	Germany
Dec 31, 1999	70	22,414	3,085	81,439
Dec 31, 2000	71	22,262	3,065	81,474
Dec 31, 2001	71	22,106	3,047	81,534
Dec 31, 2002	72	21,931	3,038	81,595
Dec 31, 2003	72	21,828	3,026	81,566
Dec 31, 2004	72	21,704	3,014	81,473
Dec 31, 2005	72	21,571	2,998	81,354
Dec 31, 2006	72	21,443	2,979	81,190
Dec 31, 2007	72	21,129	2,957	81,009
Dec 31, 2008	73	20,779	2,934	80,781
Dec 31, 2009	73	20,607	2,915	80,500
Dec 31, 2010	73	20,485	2,900	80,301
Dec 31, 2011	73	20,385	2,892	80,292
Dec 31, 2012	73	20,296	2,888	80,443
Dec 31, 2013	73	20,224	2,882	80,663
Dec 31, 2014	73	20,151	2,876	81,000
Dec 31, 2015	74	20,055	2,868	81,704
Dec 31, 2016	74	19,938	2,863	82,366
Dec 31, 2017	74	19,823	2,861	82,674
Dec 31, 2018	74	19,713	2,854	82,923
Dec 31, 2019	75	19,622	2,842	83,110
Dec 31, 2020	75	19,496	2,825	83,178
Dec 31, 2021	76	19,351	2,799	83,213
Dec 31, 2022	76	19,266	2,787	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.

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

Romania

1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

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, Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.