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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	Dominican Republic	Germany	Burundi	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	8,175	81,439	6,128	387
Dec 31, 2000	8,301	81,474	6,282	390
Dec 31, 2001	8,427	81,534	6,466	393
Dec 31, 2002	8,553	81,595	6,670	396
Dec 31, 2003	8,678	81,566	6,897	398
Dec 31, 2004	8,801	81,473	7,167	401
Dec 31, 2005	8,924	81,354	7,439	404
Dec 31, 2006	9,044	81,190	7,709	405
Dec 31, 2007	9,164	81,009	7,991	406
Dec 31, 2008	9,281	80,781	8,318	409
Dec 31, 2009	9,398	80,500	8,741	412
Dec 31, 2010	9,512	80,301	9,140	414
Dec 31, 2011	9,627	80,292	9,440	416
Dec 31, 2012	9,742	80,443	9,748	420
Dec 31, 2013	9,855	80,663	10,069	426
Dec 31, 2014	9,965	81,000	10,380	435
Dec 31, 2015	10,072	81,704	10,577	445
Dec 31, 2016	10,177	82,366	10,721	455
Dec 31, 2017	10,281	82,674	10,955	468
Dec 31, 2018	10,385	82,923	11,229	485
Dec 31, 2019	10,487	83,110	11,602	504
Dec 31, 2020	10,587	83,178	11,987	516
Dec 31, 2021	10,686	83,213	12,384	518
Dec 31, 2022	10,793	83,811	12,795	530

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 Dominican Republic, Burundi, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.