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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	Kuwait	Moldova
Dec 31, 1999	8,175	81,439	1,926	4,244
Dec 31, 2000	8,301	81,474	1,982	4,199
Dec 31, 2001	8,427	81,534	2,038	4,154
Dec 31, 2002	8,553	81,595	2,094	4,108
Dec 31, 2003	8,678	81,566	2,151	4,059
Dec 31, 2004	8,801	81,473	2,208	4,013
Dec 31, 2005	8,924	81,354	2,268	3,966
Dec 31, 2006	9,044	81,190	2,329	3,919
Dec 31, 2007	9,164	81,009	2,388	3,873
Dec 31, 2008	9,281	80,781	2,446	3,829
Dec 31, 2009	9,398	80,500	2,502	3,788
Dec 31, 2010	9,512	80,301	2,556	3,748
Dec 31, 2011	9,627	80,292	2,609	3,709
Dec 31, 2012	9,742	80,443	2,660	3,671
Dec 31, 2013	9,855	80,663	2,710	3,633
Dec 31, 2014	9,965	81,000	2,757	3,595
Dec 31, 2015	10,072	81,704	2,804	3,558
Dec 31, 2016	10,177	82,366	2,848	3,522
Dec 31, 2017	10,281	82,674	2,891	3,485
Dec 31, 2018	10,385	82,923	2,933	3,448
Dec 31, 2019	10,487	83,110	2,972	3,412
Dec 31, 2020	10,587	83,178	3,011	3,376
Dec 31, 2021	10,686	83,213	3,048	3,339
Dec 31, 2022	10,793	83,811	3,061	3,570

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, Kuwait, Moldova; the database as a whole is cited above.