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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Central African Republic	Germany	Trinidad & Tobago
Dec 31, 1999	3,889	81,439	1,301
Dec 31, 2000	3,980	81,474	1,303
Dec 31, 2001	4,054	81,534	1,308
Dec 31, 2002	4,128	81,595	1,314
Dec 31, 2003	4,215	81,566	1,320
Dec 31, 2004	4,289	81,473	1,326
Dec 31, 2005	4,363	81,354	1,332
Dec 31, 2006	4,449	81,190	1,338
Dec 31, 2007	4,544	81,009	1,344
Dec 31, 2008	4,641	80,781	1,352
Dec 31, 2009	4,742	80,500	1,359
Dec 31, 2010	4,845	80,301	1,365
Dec 31, 2011	4,950	80,292	1,372
Dec 31, 2012	5,057	80,443	1,379
Dec 31, 2013	5,167	80,663	1,386
Dec 31, 2014	5,278	81,000	1,392
Dec 31, 2015	5,392	81,704	1,399
Dec 31, 2016	5,507	82,366	1,405
Dec 31, 2017	5,625	82,674	1,411
Dec 31, 2018	5,745	82,923	1,436
Dec 31, 2019	5,874	83,110	1,452
Dec 31, 2020	6,025	83,178	1,448
Dec 31, 2021	6,154	83,213	1,450
Dec 31, 2022	6,291	83,811	1,456

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 Central African Republic, Trinidad & Tobago; the database as a whole is cited above.