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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	Niger
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	818	10,424
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	826	10,785
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	835	11,170
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	845	11,580
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	855	12,015
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	867	12,472
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	879	12,954
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	894	13,459
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	913	13,986
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	937	14,532
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	962	15,092
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	988	15,669
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	1,013	16,263
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	1,029	16,903
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	1,026	17,569
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	1,015	18,242
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	1,009	18,957
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	1,014	19,708
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	1,023	20,462
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	1,036	21,228
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	1,050	22,023
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	1,062	22,842
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	1,072	23,691
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	1,087	24,587

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, Niger; the database as a whole is cited above.