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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	United Kingdom	Germany	France	Greece
Dec 31, 1999	58,946	81,439	60,396	10,618
Dec 31, 2000	59,149	81,474	60,811	10,662
Dec 31, 2001	59,377	81,534	61,255	10,718
Dec 31, 2002	59,631	81,595	61,703	10,757
Dec 31, 2003	59,903	81,566	62,141	10,783
Dec 31, 2004	60,217	81,473	62,600	10,809
Dec 31, 2005	60,682	81,354	63,073	10,841
Dec 31, 2006	61,098	81,190	63,513	10,874
Dec 31, 2007	61,593	81,009	63,906	10,901
Dec 31, 2008	62,100	80,781	64,264	10,930
Dec 31, 2009	62,539	80,500	64,594	10,959
Dec 31, 2010	63,040	80,301	64,913	10,973
Dec 31, 2011	63,567	80,292	65,231	10,957
Dec 31, 2012	63,989	80,443	65,552	10,898
Dec 31, 2013	64,392	80,663	65,891	10,819
Dec 31, 2014	64,885	81,000	66,212	10,747
Dec 31, 2015	65,400	81,704	66,480	10,677
Dec 31, 2016	65,941	82,366	66,730	10,633
Dec 31, 2017	66,335	82,674	67,015	10,612
Dec 31, 2018	66,732	82,923	67,347	10,590
Dec 31, 2019	67,095	83,110	67,660	10,579
Dec 31, 2020	67,380	83,178	67,901	10,556
Dec 31, 2021	67,651	83,213	68,114	10,499
Dec 31, 2022	68,093	83,811	68,387	10,437

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

United Kingdom

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1252–1700 (England): Broadberry, S.N., B. Campbell, A. Klein, M. Overton and B. van Leeuwen (2015), British Economic Growth 1270-1870 Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
1700–1870: Broadberry, S.N., B. Campbell, A. Klein, M. Overton and B. van Leeuwen (2015), British Economic Growth 1270-1870 Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
1870-1950: C.H. Feinstein, National Income Expenditure and Output of the United Kingdom 1855-1965, Cambridge, 1972

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.

France

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1276–1800: Ridolfi, L., & Nuvolari, A. (2021). L’histoire immobile? A reappraisal of French economic growth using the demand-side approach, 1280–1850. European Review of Economic History, 25(3), 405–428
1850-1913: Toutain, Le Produit interieur de la France de 1789 a 1982, Presses Universitaires de Grenoble, 1987
1920-1950: Toutain, Le Produit interieur de la France de 1789 a 1982, Presses Universitaires de Grenoble, 1987

Greece

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1833-1913: Kostelenos G., S. Petmezas, D. Vasiliou, E. Kounaris and M. Sfakianakis, (2007), "Gross Domestic Product 1830-1939", Sources of Economic History of Modern Greece: Quantitative data and statistical series 1830-1939, Historical Archives of the National Bank of Greece, Athens.
1913-1929: C. Clark, Conditions of Economic Progress, 3rd edition, Macmillan, London, 1957; 1929-38 GNP at factor cost from Ekonomikos Tachydromos, 22 May 1954; 1938-50 from OEEC, Europe and the World Economy, Paris 1960, p.116.
1929-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995