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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	Cape Verde	United Arab Emirates
Dec 31, 1999	8,175	81,439	422	3,101
Dec 31, 2000	8,301	81,474	430	3,284
Dec 31, 2001	8,427	81,534	438	3,458
Dec 31, 2002	8,553	81,595	447	3,613
Dec 31, 2003	8,678	81,566	455	3,754
Dec 31, 2004	8,801	81,473	463	3,882
Dec 31, 2005	8,924	81,354	471	4,000
Dec 31, 2006	9,044	81,190	478	4,532
Dec 31, 2007	9,164	81,009	486	5,623
Dec 31, 2008	9,281	80,781	494	7,277
Dec 31, 2009	9,398	80,500	501	8,164
Dec 31, 2010	9,512	80,301	509	8,152
Dec 31, 2011	9,627	80,292	516	8,438
Dec 31, 2012	9,742	80,443	524	8,747
Dec 31, 2013	9,855	80,663	531	9,077
Dec 31, 2014	9,965	81,000	539	9,321
Dec 31, 2015	10,072	81,704	546	9,461
Dec 31, 2016	10,177	82,366	553	9,587
Dec 31, 2017	10,281	82,674	562	9,699
Dec 31, 2018	10,385	82,923	568	9,796
Dec 31, 2019	10,487	83,110	574	9,879
Dec 31, 2020	10,587	83,178	580	9,953
Dec 31, 2021	10,686	83,213	585	10,018
Dec 31, 2022	10,793	83,811	590	10,099

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, Cape Verde, United Arab Emirates; the database as a whole is cited above.