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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	North Macedonia
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	818	2,006
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	826	2,017
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	835	2,026
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	845	2,011
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	855	2,018
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	867	2,024
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	879	2,028
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	894	2,031
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	913	2,035
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	937	2,038
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	962	2,042
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	988	2,046
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	1,013	2,049
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	1,029	2,052
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	1,026	2,055
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	1,015	2,058
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	1,009	2,061
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	1,014	2,063
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	1,023	2,065
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	1,036	2,067
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	1,050	2,068
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	1,062	2,065
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	1,072	2,057
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	1,087	2,048

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.

North Macedonia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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