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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	Liberia
Dec 31, 1999	8,175	81,439	2,996	2,741
Dec 31, 2000	8,301	81,474	3,075	2,847
Dec 31, 2001	8,427	81,534	3,155	2,917
Dec 31, 2002	8,553	81,595	3,235	2,978
Dec 31, 2003	8,678	81,566	3,315	2,983
Dec 31, 2004	8,801	81,473	3,396	3,005
Dec 31, 2005	8,924	81,354	3,478	3,138
Dec 31, 2006	9,044	81,190	3,559	3,311
Dec 31, 2007	9,164	81,009	3,642	3,469
Dec 31, 2008	9,281	80,781	3,727	3,603
Dec 31, 2009	9,398	80,500	3,817	3,708
Dec 31, 2010	9,512	80,301	3,907	3,817
Dec 31, 2011	9,627	80,292	3,997	3,984
Dec 31, 2012	9,742	80,443	4,088	4,141
Dec 31, 2013	9,855	80,663	4,178	4,244
Dec 31, 2014	9,965	81,000	4,269	4,348
Dec 31, 2015	10,072	81,704	4,359	4,460
Dec 31, 2016	10,177	82,366	4,451	4,576
Dec 31, 2017	10,281	82,674	4,533	4,689
Dec 31, 2018	10,385	82,923	4,615	4,810
Dec 31, 2019	10,487	83,110	4,715	4,904
Dec 31, 2020	10,587	83,178	4,820	5,005
Dec 31, 2021	10,686	83,213	4,930	5,109
Dec 31, 2022	10,793	83,811	5,042	5,216

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.

Liberia

1845-1950: Gardner, L. (2022). Sovereignty without Power: Liberia in the Age of Empires, 1822-1980. Cambridge University Press.

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