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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Germany	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Puerto Rico
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	3,811	3,800
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	3,901	3,811
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	3,919	3,819
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	3,923	3,824
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	3,940	3,826
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	3,975	3,827
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	3,991	3,822
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	3,993	3,805
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	3,990	3,783
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	3,987	3,761
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	3,985	3,741
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	3,983	3,722
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	3,980	3,679
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	3,977	3,636
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	3,973	3,589
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	3,968	3,534
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	3,963	3,473
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	3,957	3,411
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	3,951	3,352
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	3,944	3,295
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	3,937	3,268
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	3,929	3,247
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	3,921	3,232
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	3,876	3,228

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.

Bosnia & Herzegovina

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

No separate list is published for Puerto Rico; the database as a whole is cited above.