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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	Congo - Brazzaville	Lebanon
Dec 31, 1999	8,175	81,439	2,886	3,460
Dec 31, 2000	8,301	81,474	2,999	3,499
Dec 31, 2001	8,427	81,534	3,113	3,554
Dec 31, 2002	8,553	81,595	3,181	3,610
Dec 31, 2003	8,678	81,566	3,274	3,665
Dec 31, 2004	8,801	81,473	3,400	3,721
Dec 31, 2005	8,924	81,354	3,543	3,777
Dec 31, 2006	9,044	81,190	3,702	3,853
Dec 31, 2007	9,164	81,009	3,859	3,954
Dec 31, 2008	9,281	80,781	3,989	4,036
Dec 31, 2009	9,398	80,500	4,146	4,082
Dec 31, 2010	9,512	80,301	4,324	4,097
Dec 31, 2011	9,627	80,292	4,468	4,115
Dec 31, 2012	9,742	80,443	4,581	4,206
Dec 31, 2013	9,855	80,663	4,667	4,696
Dec 31, 2014	9,965	81,000	4,757	5,365
Dec 31, 2015	10,072	81,704	4,851	5,640
Dec 31, 2016	10,177	82,366	4,951	5,688
Dec 31, 2017	10,281	82,674	5,055	5,680
Dec 31, 2018	10,385	82,923	5,164	5,562
Dec 31, 2019	10,487	83,110	5,279	5,331
Dec 31, 2020	10,587	83,178	5,400	4,986
Dec 31, 2021	10,686	83,213	5,527	4,802
Dec 31, 2022	10,793	83,811	5,655	4,713

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.

Lebanon

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

No separate list is published for Dominican Republic, Congo - Brazzaville; the database as a whole is cited above.