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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	Palestinian Territories	Ghana
Dec 31, 1999	8,175	81,439	2,996	19,327
Dec 31, 2000	8,301	81,474	3,075	19,792
Dec 31, 2001	8,427	81,534	3,155	20,280
Dec 31, 2002	8,553	81,595	3,235	20,806
Dec 31, 2003	8,678	81,566	3,315	21,350
Dec 31, 2004	8,801	81,473	3,396	21,900
Dec 31, 2005	8,924	81,354	3,478	22,469
Dec 31, 2006	9,044	81,190	3,559	23,058
Dec 31, 2007	9,164	81,009	3,642	23,661
Dec 31, 2008	9,281	80,781	3,727	24,270
Dec 31, 2009	9,398	80,500	3,817	24,899
Dec 31, 2010	9,512	80,301	3,907	25,559
Dec 31, 2011	9,627	80,292	3,997	26,244
Dec 31, 2012	9,742	80,443	4,088	26,945
Dec 31, 2013	9,855	80,663	4,178	27,664
Dec 31, 2014	9,965	81,000	4,269	28,405
Dec 31, 2015	10,072	81,704	4,359	29,146
Dec 31, 2016	10,177	82,366	4,451	29,879
Dec 31, 2017	10,281	82,674	4,533	30,617
Dec 31, 2018	10,385	82,923	4,615	31,362
Dec 31, 2019	10,487	83,110	4,715	32,111
Dec 31, 2020	10,587	83,178	4,820	32,864
Dec 31, 2021	10,686	83,213	4,930	33,622
Dec 31, 2022	10,793	83,811	5,042	34,280

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.

Ghana

1885-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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