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GDP per capita, long-run history by country

Annual, International dollars (2011 prices)

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

GDP per capita, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Bangladesh	Germany
Dec 31, 1999	1,413	32,088
Dec 31, 2000	1,485	33,367
Dec 31, 2001	1,551	34,260
Dec 31, 2002	1,621	34,591
Dec 31, 2003	1,711	34,716
Dec 31, 2004	1,813	35,529
Dec 31, 2005	1,926	36,206
Dec 31, 2006	2,058	38,014
Dec 31, 2007	2,194	39,752
Dec 31, 2008	2,321	40,715
Dec 31, 2009	2,449	38,963
Dec 31, 2010	2,599	41,110
Dec 31, 2011	2,772	43,189
Dec 31, 2012	2,914	43,288
Dec 31, 2013	3,057	43,359
Dec 31, 2014	3,217	44,133
Dec 31, 2015	3,402	44,405
Dec 31, 2016	3,599	45,030
Dec 31, 2017	3,809	46,065
Dec 31, 2018	4,057	46,377
Dec 31, 2019	4,243	46,762
Dec 31, 2020	4,419	44,996
Dec 31, 2021	4,684	46,159
Dec 31, 2022	4,926	46,648

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

Bangladesh

1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

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.