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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	Lesotho	Yemen
Dec 31, 1999	58,946	81,439	1,908	16,728
Dec 31, 2000	59,149	81,474	1,916	17,236
Dec 31, 2001	59,377	81,534	1,922	17,762
Dec 31, 2002	59,631	81,595	1,926	18,310
Dec 31, 2003	59,903	81,566	1,926	18,855
Dec 31, 2004	60,217	81,473	1,925	19,410
Dec 31, 2005	60,682	81,354	1,922	20,000
Dec 31, 2006	61,098	81,190	1,919	20,611
Dec 31, 2007	61,593	81,009	1,917	21,236
Dec 31, 2008	62,100	80,781	1,915	21,878
Dec 31, 2009	62,539	80,500	1,916	22,533
Dec 31, 2010	63,040	80,301	1,920	23,195
Dec 31, 2011	63,567	80,292	1,925	23,880
Dec 31, 2012	63,989	80,443	1,930	24,594
Dec 31, 2013	64,392	80,663	1,936	25,311
Dec 31, 2014	64,885	81,000	1,942	26,020
Dec 31, 2015	65,400	81,704	1,948	26,698
Dec 31, 2016	65,941	82,366	1,953	27,347
Dec 31, 2017	66,335	82,674	1,958	27,985
Dec 31, 2018	66,732	82,923	1,962	28,608
Dec 31, 2019	67,095	83,110	1,987	29,216
Dec 31, 2020	67,380	83,178	2,013	29,811
Dec 31, 2021	67,651	83,213	2,037	30,399
Dec 31, 2022	68,093	83,811	2,059	31,058

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.

No separate list is published for Lesotho, Yemen; the database as a whole is cited above.