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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	Togo
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	818	4,852
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	826	4,992
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	835	5,135
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	845	5,278
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	855	5,425
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	867	5,578
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	879	5,715
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	894	5,865
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	913	6,042
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	937	6,220
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	962	6,405
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	988	6,587
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	1,013	6,772
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	1,029	6,961
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	1,026	7,154
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	1,015	7,351
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	1,009	7,552
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	1,014	7,757
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	1,023	7,965
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	1,036	8,176
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	1,050	8,376
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	1,062	8,579
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	1,072	8,784
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	1,087	8,991

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