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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	India	Germany	Albania	Tanzania
Dec 31, 1999	1,000,965	81,439	3,085	32,912
Dec 31, 2000	1,018,667	81,474	3,065	33,953
Dec 31, 2001	1,036,256	81,534	3,047	34,974
Dec 31, 2002	1,053,663	81,595	3,038	36,021
Dec 31, 2003	1,070,882	81,566	3,026	37,100
Dec 31, 2004	1,087,941	81,473	3,014	38,167
Dec 31, 2005	1,104,803	81,354	2,998	39,262
Dec 31, 2006	1,121,354	81,190	2,979	40,387
Dec 31, 2007	1,137,576	81,009	2,957	41,557
Dec 31, 2008	1,153,547	80,781	2,934	42,741
Dec 31, 2009	1,169,239	80,500	2,915	43,889
Dec 31, 2010	1,184,638	80,301	2,900	45,132
Dec 31, 2011	1,199,810	80,292	2,892	46,531
Dec 31, 2012	1,214,839	80,443	2,888	47,965
Dec 31, 2013	1,229,765	80,663	2,882	49,437
Dec 31, 2014	1,244,577	81,000	2,876	50,965
Dec 31, 2015	1,259,236	81,704	2,868	52,604
Dec 31, 2016	1,273,693	82,366	2,863	54,336
Dec 31, 2017	1,287,902	82,674	2,861	56,062
Dec 31, 2018	1,301,821	82,923	2,854	57,765
Dec 31, 2019	1,315,530	83,110	2,842	59,465
Dec 31, 2020	1,329,062	83,178	2,825	61,191
Dec 31, 2021	1,339,912	83,213	2,799	62,944
Dec 31, 2022	1,349,060	83,811	2,787	64,835

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

India

1600–1870: Broadberry, S.N., Custodis, J. and Gupta, B. (2015), “India and the great divergence: an Anglo-Indian comparison of GDP per capita, 1600–1871” Explorations in Economic History, 55: 58-75.
1870-1900: A. Heston, "National Income", in D. Kumar and M. Desai, Cambridge Economic History of India, vol. 2, Cambridge, 1983, p. 397.
1900-46: A. Maddison, "Alternative Estimates of the Real Product of India, 1900-46", Indian Economic and Social History Review, 22, 2, 1985.
1946-50: A. Maddison, Class Structure and Economic Growth: India and Pakistan Since the Moghuls, Allen and Unwin, London, 1971, p. 169.

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 Albania, Tanzania; the database as a whole is cited above.