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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	Ghana	Austria
Dec 31, 1999	58,946	81,439	19,327	8,039
Dec 31, 2000	59,149	81,474	19,792	8,059
Dec 31, 2001	59,377	81,534	20,280	8,090
Dec 31, 2002	59,631	81,595	20,806	8,130
Dec 31, 2003	59,903	81,566	21,350	8,166
Dec 31, 2004	60,217	81,473	21,900	8,217
Dec 31, 2005	60,682	81,354	22,469	8,274
Dec 31, 2006	61,098	81,190	23,058	8,317
Dec 31, 2007	61,593	81,009	23,661	8,344
Dec 31, 2008	62,100	80,781	24,270	8,370
Dec 31, 2009	62,539	80,500	24,899	8,390
Dec 31, 2010	63,040	80,301	25,559	8,410
Dec 31, 2011	63,567	80,292	26,244	8,438
Dec 31, 2012	63,989	80,443	26,945	8,476
Dec 31, 2013	64,392	80,663	27,664	8,527
Dec 31, 2014	64,885	81,000	28,405	8,594
Dec 31, 2015	65,400	81,704	29,146	8,680
Dec 31, 2016	65,941	82,366	29,879	8,791
Dec 31, 2017	66,335	82,674	30,617	8,847
Dec 31, 2018	66,732	82,923	31,362	8,890
Dec 31, 2019	67,095	83,110	32,111	8,930
Dec 31, 2020	67,380	83,178	32,864	8,969
Dec 31, 2021	67,651	83,213	33,622	9,004
Dec 31, 2022	68,093	83,811	34,280	9,107

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.

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.

Austria

1830-1913: Kausel, "Oster-reichs Volkseinkommen 1830 bis 1913" in Geschichte und Ergebnisse der zentralen amtlichen Statistik in Österreich 1829-1979, Beitrage zur österreichischen Statistik, Heft 550, Vienna, 1979, pp. 692-3.
1913-50: A. Kausel, N. Nemeth, and H. Seidel, "Oster-reichs Volkseinkommen, 1913-63", Monatsberichte des Osterreichischen Institutes für Wirtschaftsforschung, 14th Sonderheft, Vienna, August 1965, p. 38 and 42;