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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	Luxembourg	Finland
Dec 31, 1999	8,175	81,439	433	5,166
Dec 31, 2000	8,301	81,474	438	5,176
Dec 31, 2001	8,427	81,534	443	5,188
Dec 31, 2002	8,553	81,595	448	5,201
Dec 31, 2003	8,678	81,566	454	5,213
Dec 31, 2004	8,801	81,473	460	5,228
Dec 31, 2005	8,924	81,354	467	5,246
Dec 31, 2006	9,044	81,190	474	5,266
Dec 31, 2007	9,164	81,009	482	5,289
Dec 31, 2008	9,281	80,781	491	5,313
Dec 31, 2009	9,398	80,500	500	5,339
Dec 31, 2010	9,512	80,301	509	5,363
Dec 31, 2011	9,627	80,292	521	5,388
Dec 31, 2012	9,742	80,443	533	5,414
Dec 31, 2013	9,855	80,663	547	5,439
Dec 31, 2014	9,965	81,000	560	5,463
Dec 31, 2015	10,072	81,704	571	5,481
Dec 31, 2016	10,177	82,366	586	5,495
Dec 31, 2017	10,281	82,674	599	5,508
Dec 31, 2018	10,385	82,923	610	5,516
Dec 31, 2019	10,487	83,110	623	5,522
Dec 31, 2020	10,587	83,178	633	5,531
Dec 31, 2021	10,686	83,213	643	5,542
Dec 31, 2022	10,793	83,811	651	5,556

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.

Finland

1600–1860: Eloranta, J., Voutilainen, M. and Nummela, I. (2016). “Estimating Finnish Economic Growth Before 1860” mimeo.
1860-1960: R. Hjerppe, The Finnish Economy 1860-1985: Growth and Structural Change, Bank of Finland, Helsinki, 1989, pp. 198-200.

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