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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Germany	Finland	Sudan
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	5,166	26,168
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	5,176	26,771
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	5,188	27,387
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	5,201	28,017
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	5,213	28,662
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	5,228	29,321
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	5,246	29,996
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	5,266	30,686
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	5,289	31,393
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	5,313	32,137
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	5,339	33,078
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	5,363	33,891
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	5,388	34,568
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	5,414	35,293
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	5,439	36,093
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	5,463	37,058
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	5,481	38,165
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	5,495	39,294
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	5,508	40,512
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	5,516	41,764
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	5,522	42,952
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	5,531	44,121
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	5,542	45,290
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	5,556	46,498

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.

Finland

1600–1860: Eloranta, J., Voutilainen, M. and Nummela, I. (2016). “Estimating Finnish Economic Growth Before 1860” mimeo.
1860-1960: R. Hjerppe, The Finnish Economy 1860-1985: Growth and Structural Change, Bank of Finland, Helsinki, 1989, pp. 198-200.

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