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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Germany	Finland	Venezuela
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	5,166	23,188
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	5,176	23,601
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	5,188	24,011
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	5,201	24,425
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	5,213	24,841
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	5,228	25,255
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	5,246	25,667
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	5,266	26,079
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	5,289	26,589
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	5,313	27,098
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	5,339	27,510
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	5,363	27,920
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	5,388	28,327
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	5,414	28,722
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	5,439	29,111
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	5,463	29,418
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	5,481	29,693
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	5,495	29,961
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	5,508	29,856
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	5,516	28,858
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	5,522	27,921
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	5,531	27,871
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	5,542	28,316
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	5,556	28,418

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.

Venezuela

1830–2012: De Corso, G. (2013). El crecimiento economico de Venuzuela, Desde la Oligarquia Conservadora Hasta La Revolucion Bolivariana: 1830-2012. Uno Vision cuantitativa *: Venezuelan Economic Growth From The Conservative Oligarchy To The Bolivarian Revolution (1830-2012), Revista De Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, 31(3), 321-357. doi:10.1017/S0212610913000190