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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Germany	Bangladesh	Albania
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	132,907	3,085
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	135,207	3,065
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	137,420	3,047
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	139,573	3,038
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	141,650	3,026
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	143,644	3,014
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	145,546	2,998
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	147,376	2,979
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	149,047	2,957
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	150,562	2,934
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	152,189	2,915
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	153,927	2,900
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	155,634	2,892
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	157,326	2,888
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	158,999	2,882
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	160,650	2,876
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	162,273	2,868
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	163,938	2,863
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	165,655	2,861
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	167,358	2,854
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	169,045	2,842
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	170,709	2,825
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	172,354	2,799
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	174,217	2,787

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.

Bangladesh

1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

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