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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Germany	Cyprus	Lithuania
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	818	3,419
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	826	3,395
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	835	3,367
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	845	3,340
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	855	3,313
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	867	3,276
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	879	3,223
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	894	3,172
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	913	3,134
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	937	3,102
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	962	3,068
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	988	3,004
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	1,013	2,937
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	1,029	2,898
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	1,026	2,869
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	1,015	2,844
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	1,009	2,818
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	1,014	2,782
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	1,023	2,744
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	1,036	2,718
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	1,050	2,710
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	1,062	2,711
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	1,072	2,724
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	1,087	2,748

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 Cyprus, Lithuania; the database as a whole is cited above.