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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Germany	Croatia	Netherlands
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	4,377	15,817
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	4,334	15,932
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	4,171	16,052
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	4,176	16,155
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	4,176	16,231
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	4,179	16,288
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	4,182	16,326
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	4,183	16,352
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	4,183	16,388
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	4,181	16,452
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	4,177	16,536
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	4,167	16,621
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	4,154	16,699
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	4,141	16,761
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	4,126	16,810
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	4,109	16,871
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	4,081	16,946
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	4,047	17,036
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	4,006	17,137
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	3,968	17,238
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	3,945	17,351
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	3,925	17,448
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	3,839	17,539
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	3,790	17,709

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

Netherlands

1348–1807 (Holland): Van Zanden, J. L. and van Leeuwen, B. (2012), ‘Persistent but not consistent: the growth of national income in Holland 1347–1807’, Explorations in Economic History, 49 (2012), pp. 119–30.
1807-1913: Smits, J.P., E. Horlings and J.L. van Zanden (2000). The Measurement of Gross National Product and its Components 1800-1913 (Groningen Growth and Development Centre Monograph series no 5).
1913-1950: C.A. van Bochove and T.A. Huitker, "Main National Accounting Series, 1900-1986", CBS Occasional Paper, No. 17, The Hague, 1987.