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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Germany	Albania	Guinea-Bissau
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	3,085	1,183
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	3,065	1,208
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	3,047	1,233
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	3,038	1,260
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	3,026	1,288
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	3,014	1,317
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	2,998	1,348
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	2,979	1,379
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	2,957	1,412
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	2,934	1,446
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	2,915	1,481
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	2,900	1,516
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	2,892	1,551
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	2,888	1,587
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	2,882	1,624
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	2,876	1,663
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	2,868	1,703
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	2,863	1,745
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	2,861	1,789
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	2,854	1,833
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	2,842	1,877
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	2,825	1,920
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	2,799	1,963
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	2,787	2,005

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 Albania, Guinea-Bissau; the database as a whole is cited above.