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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	Croatia	Comoros
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	4,377	531
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	4,334	545
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	4,171	559
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	4,176	574
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	4,176	590
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	4,179	606
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	4,182	623
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	4,183	640
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	4,183	657
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	4,181	674
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	4,177	690
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	4,167	706
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	4,154	722
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	4,141	737
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	4,126	752
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	4,109	767
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	4,081	781
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	4,047	795
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	4,006	808
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	3,968	821
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	3,945	837
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	3,925	853
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	3,839	869
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	3,790	885

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.

Croatia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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