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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Germany	Bolivia	Sri Lanka
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	8,007	19,354
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	8,177	19,610
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	8,351	19,838
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	8,529	20,060
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	8,711	20,297
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	8,895	20,529
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	9,081	20,703
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	9,268	20,917
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	9,457	21,120
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	9,647	21,315
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	9,836	21,503
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	10,024	21,713
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	10,211	21,918
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	10,397	22,120
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	10,581	22,320
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	10,763	22,517
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	10,942	22,711
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	11,118	22,899
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	11,289	23,080
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	11,456	23,254
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	11,621	23,420
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	11,775	23,579
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	11,917	23,732
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	12,060	23,796

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.

Bolivia

1846-1950: Herranz-Loncán, A. and Peres-Cajías (2016). “Bolivian GDP per capita since the mid-nineteenth century” Cliometrica 10: 99-128

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