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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Germany	Chile	Trinidad & Tobago
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	15,140	1,301
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	15,340	1,303
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	15,513	1,308
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	15,686	1,314
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	15,859	1,320
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	16,029	1,326
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	16,222	1,332
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	16,364	1,338
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	16,536	1,344
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	16,700	1,352
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	16,864	1,359
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	16,999	1,365
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	17,189	1,372
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	17,378	1,379
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	17,545	1,386
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	17,720	1,392
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	17,904	1,399
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	18,099	1,405
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	18,350	1,411
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	18,681	1,436
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	19,035	1,452
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	19,385	1,448
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	19,604	1,450
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	19,715	1,456

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.

Chile

1810–2004: Díaz, J.B. Lüders, R. and Wagner, G. (2007) Economia Chilena 1810 - 2000, Producto total y sectorial una nueva mirada, Pontificia universidad Catolica de Chile, Insituto de Economia, Documeno de Trabajo no. 315

No separate list is published for Trinidad & Tobago; the database as a whole is cited above.