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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Australia	North Macedonia	Germany
Dec 31, 1999	18,692	2,006	81,439
Dec 31, 2000	18,907	2,017	81,474
Dec 31, 2001	19,151	2,026	81,534
Dec 31, 2002	19,371	2,011	81,595
Dec 31, 2003	19,595	2,018	81,566
Dec 31, 2004	19,805	2,024	81,473
Dec 31, 2005	20,048	2,028	81,354
Dec 31, 2006	20,320	2,031	81,190
Dec 31, 2007	20,694	2,035	81,009
Dec 31, 2008	21,113	2,038	80,781
Dec 31, 2009	21,553	2,042	80,500
Dec 31, 2010	21,891	2,046	80,301
Dec 31, 2011	22,197	2,049	80,292
Dec 31, 2012	22,588	2,052	80,443
Dec 31, 2013	22,980	2,055	80,663
Dec 31, 2014	23,326	2,058	81,000
Dec 31, 2015	23,664	2,061	81,704
Dec 31, 2016	24,036	2,063	82,366
Dec 31, 2017	24,445	2,065	82,674
Dec 31, 2018	24,823	2,067	82,923
Dec 31, 2019	25,204	2,068	83,110
Dec 31, 2020	25,529	2,065	83,178
Dec 31, 2021	25,574	2,057	83,213
Dec 31, 2022	25,826	2,048	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

Australia

1820-1828: Butlin, N.G. 'Our 200 Years', Queesland Calendar, 1988
1828-1860: N.G. Butlin, "Contours of the Australian Economy 1788-1860", Australian Economic Review, Sept. 1986, pp. 112-13;
1861-1938/9: N.G. Butlin, Australian Domestic Product, Investment and Foreign Borrowing 1861-1938/9, Cambridge, 1962,pp.460-1; amdended as indicated in N.G. Butlin, Investment in Australian Economic Development 1861-19000, Cambridge, 1964, p. 453 and with revised deflator shown in M.W. Butlin, A Preliminary Annual Databae 1900/1901 to 1973/1974, Discussion Paper 7701, Reserve Bank of Australia, 1977, p. 41
1938/9-1950: from expenditure aggregates in 1966/7 prices in M.W. Butlin, RS/FLW/, p.85.

North Macedonia

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.