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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Germany	Switzerland	Ghana
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	7,258	19,327
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	7,296	19,792
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	7,332	20,280
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	7,384	20,806
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	7,438	21,350
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	7,488	21,900
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	7,532	22,469
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	7,579	23,058
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	7,647	23,661
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	7,738	24,270
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	7,825	24,899
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	7,884	25,559
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	7,959	26,244
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	8,044	26,945
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	8,137	27,664
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	8,237	28,405
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	8,332	29,146
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	8,423	29,879
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	8,502	30,617
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	8,565	31,362
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	8,626	32,111
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	8,689	32,864
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	8,756	33,622
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	8,834	34,280

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.

Switzerland

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1850-2011: Stohr, Christian (2016), Trading Gains: new estimates of Swiss GDP, 1851-2008. Economic History Working Papers, 245/2016. London School of Economics and Political Science, Economic History Department, London, UK

Ghana

1885-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.