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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Germany	Bahrain
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	633
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	648
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	665
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	707
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	773
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	839
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	907
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	974
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	1,043
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	1,096
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	1,133
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	1,168
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	1,202
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	1,236
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	1,268
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	1,301
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	1,333
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	1,365
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	1,396
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	1,428
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	1,459
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	1,489
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	1,511
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	1,521

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 Bahrain; the database as a whole is cited above.