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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Germany	Italy	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	56,940	433
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	56,966	438
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	57,004	443
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	57,114	448
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	57,423	454
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	57,852	460
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	58,191	467
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	58,424	474
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	58,781	482
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	59,236	491
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	59,580	500
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	59,844	509
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	60,052	521
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	60,216	533
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	60,337	547
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	60,346	560
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	60,255	571
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	60,140	586
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	60,027	599
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	59,902	610
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	59,754	623
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	59,464	633
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	59,158	643
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	58,966	651

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.

Italy

1451-1861: Chilosi, D., & Ciccarelli, C. (2023). Italy in the Great Divergence: What Can We Learn from Engel’s Law (SSRN Scholarly Paper 4514091).
1861-1871 (North Italy): Malanima, P. (2010), “The long decline of a leading economy: GDP in central and northern Italy, 1300–1913” European Review of Economic History 15 (2): 169–219.
1871-1990: Baffigi, A. (2011).”Italian National Accounts, 1861-2011”, Banca d’Italia Economic History Working Papers 18.

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