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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	Yemen	Germany
Dec 31, 1999	70	16,728	81,439
Dec 31, 2000	71	17,236	81,474
Dec 31, 2001	71	17,762	81,534
Dec 31, 2002	72	18,310	81,595
Dec 31, 2003	72	18,855	81,566
Dec 31, 2004	72	19,410	81,473
Dec 31, 2005	72	20,000	81,354
Dec 31, 2006	72	20,611	81,190
Dec 31, 2007	72	21,236	81,009
Dec 31, 2008	73	21,878	80,781
Dec 31, 2009	73	22,533	80,500
Dec 31, 2010	73	23,195	80,301
Dec 31, 2011	73	23,880	80,292
Dec 31, 2012	73	24,594	80,443
Dec 31, 2013	73	25,311	80,663
Dec 31, 2014	73	26,020	81,000
Dec 31, 2015	74	26,698	81,704
Dec 31, 2016	74	27,347	82,366
Dec 31, 2017	74	27,985	82,674
Dec 31, 2018	74	28,608	82,923
Dec 31, 2019	75	29,216	83,110
Dec 31, 2020	75	29,811	83,178
Dec 31, 2021	76	30,399	83,213
Dec 31, 2022	76	31,058	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, Yemen; the database as a whole is cited above.