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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	United States	Slovenia	Germany
Dec 31, 1999	58,946	279,040	1,998	81,439
Dec 31, 2000	59,149	282,162	2,004	81,474
Dec 31, 2001	59,377	284,969	2,006	81,534
Dec 31, 2002	59,631	287,625	2,009	81,595
Dec 31, 2003	59,903	290,108	2,010	81,566
Dec 31, 2004	60,217	292,805	2,011	81,473
Dec 31, 2005	60,682	295,517	2,015	81,354
Dec 31, 2006	61,098	298,380	2,022	81,190
Dec 31, 2007	61,593	301,231	2,033	81,009
Dec 31, 2008	62,100	304,094	2,036	80,781
Dec 31, 2009	62,539	306,772	2,056	80,500
Dec 31, 2010	63,040	309,327	2,063	80,301
Dec 31, 2011	63,567	311,583	2,067	80,292
Dec 31, 2012	63,989	313,878	2,071	80,443
Dec 31, 2013	64,392	316,060	2,074	80,663
Dec 31, 2014	64,885	318,386	2,076	81,000
Dec 31, 2015	65,400	320,739	2,078	81,704
Dec 31, 2016	65,941	323,072	2,079	82,366
Dec 31, 2017	66,335	325,122	2,081	82,674
Dec 31, 2018	66,732	326,838	2,087	82,923
Dec 31, 2019	67,095	328,330	2,104	83,110
Dec 31, 2020	67,380	331,512	2,118	83,178
Dec 31, 2021	67,651	332,032	2,123	83,213
Dec 31, 2022	68,093	333,288	2,124	83,811

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

United States

1650 - 1790: McCusker, John J., ‘Colonial Statistics’, Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press. V-671.
1790 - 1870: Sutch, R. (2006). National Income and Product. Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press III-23-25.
1800-1830: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307. (updated data)
1820-1950: GDP movement from Maddison (1995a), amended for 1820–70 to include income of the indigenous population (taken to be $400 per capita in 1820 and 1870).

Slovenia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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.