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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Germany	Jamaica
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	2,643
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	2,670
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	2,694
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	2,707
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	2,709
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	2,711
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	2,711
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	2,710
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	2,708
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	2,705
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	2,702
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	2,697
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	2,692
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	2,686
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	2,682
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	2,678
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	2,675
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	2,674
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	2,673
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	2,673
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	2,674
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	2,675
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	2,676
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	2,676

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.

Jamaica

1850 - 1938: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307 (updated data)