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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Germany	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	3,811	627
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	3,901	659
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	3,919	691
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	3,923	724
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	3,940	757
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	3,975	850
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	3,991	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	3,993	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	3,990	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	3,987	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	3,985	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	3,983	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	3,980	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	3,977	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	3,973	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	3,968	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	3,963	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	3,957	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	3,951	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	3,944	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	3,937	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	3,929	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	3,921	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	3,876	2,559

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 Qatar; the database as a whole is cited above.