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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Germany	Albania	Tanzania
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	3,085	32,912
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	3,065	33,953
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	3,047	34,974
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	3,038	36,021
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	3,026	37,100
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	3,014	38,167
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	2,998	39,262
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	2,979	40,387
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	2,957	41,557
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	2,934	42,741
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	2,915	43,889
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	2,900	45,132
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	2,892	46,531
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	2,888	47,965
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	2,882	49,437
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	2,876	50,965
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	2,868	52,604
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	2,863	54,336
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	2,861	56,062
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	2,854	57,765
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	2,842	59,465
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	2,825	61,191
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	2,799	62,944
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	2,787	64,835

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