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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	Germany	Albania	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	3,085	433
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	3,065	438
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	3,047	443
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	3,038	448
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	3,026	454
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	3,014	460
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	2,998	467
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	2,979	474
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	2,957	482
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	2,934	491
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	2,915	500
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	2,900	509
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	2,892	521
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	2,888	533
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	2,882	547
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	2,876	560
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	2,868	571
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	2,863	586
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	2,861	599
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	2,854	610
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	2,842	623
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	2,825	633
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	2,799	643
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	2,787	651

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