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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Germany	Austria	Mexico
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	8,039	97,242
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	8,059	98,403
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	8,090	99,599
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	8,130	100,863
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	8,166	102,132
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	8,217	103,334
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	8,274	104,508
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	8,317	105,738
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	8,344	107,083
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	8,370	108,554
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	8,390	110,061
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	8,410	111,468
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	8,438	112,826
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	8,476	114,163
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	8,527	115,471
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	8,594	116,757
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	8,680	118,017
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	8,791	117,444
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	8,847	118,799
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	8,890	120,289
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	8,930	121,872
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	8,969	123,260
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	9,004	124,462
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	9,107	125,247

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.

Austria

1830-1913: Kausel, "Oster-reichs Volkseinkommen 1830 bis 1913" in Geschichte und Ergebnisse der zentralen amtlichen Statistik in Österreich 1829-1979, Beitrage zur österreichischen Statistik, Heft 550, Vienna, 1979, pp. 692-3.
1913-50: A. Kausel, N. Nemeth, and H. Seidel, "Oster-reichs Volkseinkommen, 1913-63", Monatsberichte des Osterreichischen Institutes für Wirtschaftsforschung, 14th Sonderheft, Vienna, August 1965, p. 38 and 42;

Mexico

1550–1812: Arroyo Abad, L. and J.L. van Zanden (2016), “Growth under Extractive Institutions? Latin American Per Capita GDP in Colonial Times” Journal of Economic History 76(4): 1182–1215.
1812–1870: Prados de la Escosura, L., (2009), ‘Lost decades? Economic performance in post-independence Latin America’, Journal of Latin America Studies, 41, pp. 279–307. (updated data)
1870-1895: Bértola, L., & Ocampo, J. A. (2012). The Economic Development of Latin America since Independence. Oxford University Press, Table A.2
1895–2003: Barro, R.J. and J.F. Ursua, (2008). “Macroeconomic Crises since 1870” Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Economic Studies Program, The Brookings Institution, vol. 39(1 (Spring), pages 255-350