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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Germany	Guinea	Palestinian Territories
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	7,610	2,996
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	7,780	3,075
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	7,821	3,155
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	7,906	3,235
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	8,121	3,315
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	8,317	3,396
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	8,478	3,478
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	8,650	3,559
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	8,860	3,642
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	9,091	3,727
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	9,327	3,817
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	9,571	3,907
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	9,825	3,997
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	10,084	4,088
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	10,351	4,178
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	10,632	4,269
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	10,924	4,359
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	11,225	4,451
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	11,534	4,533
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	11,855	4,615
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	12,160	4,715
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	12,469	4,820
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	12,778	4,930
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	13,087	5,042

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 Guinea, Palestinian Territories; the database as a whole is cited above.