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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	Luxembourg	Oman	Germany
Dec 31, 1999	433	2,348	81,439
Dec 31, 2000	438	2,403	81,474
Dec 31, 2001	443	2,457	81,534
Dec 31, 2002	448	2,510	81,595
Dec 31, 2003	454	2,562	81,566
Dec 31, 2004	460	2,613	81,473
Dec 31, 2005	467	2,663	81,354
Dec 31, 2006	474	2,713	81,190
Dec 31, 2007	482	2,764	81,009
Dec 31, 2008	491	2,816	80,781
Dec 31, 2009	500	2,871	80,500
Dec 31, 2010	509	2,928	80,301
Dec 31, 2011	521	2,986	80,292
Dec 31, 2012	533	3,047	80,443
Dec 31, 2013	547	3,110	80,663
Dec 31, 2014	560	3,174	81,000
Dec 31, 2015	571	3,240	81,704
Dec 31, 2016	586	3,307	82,366
Dec 31, 2017	599	3,375	82,674
Dec 31, 2018	610	3,444	82,923
Dec 31, 2019	623	3,512	83,110
Dec 31, 2020	633	3,582	83,178
Dec 31, 2021	643	3,651	83,213
Dec 31, 2022	651	3,696	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.

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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

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 Luxembourg, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.