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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Germany	Cambodia	Mexico
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	12,122	97,242
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	12,317	98,403
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	12,504	99,599
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	12,691	100,863
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	12,881	102,132
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	13,076	103,334
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	13,276	104,508
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	13,461	105,738
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	13,630	107,083
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	13,808	108,554
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	13,990	110,061
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	14,162	111,468
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	14,322	112,826
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	14,480	114,163
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	14,637	115,471
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	14,793	116,757
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	14,994	118,017
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	15,238	117,444
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	15,480	118,799
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	15,717	120,289
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	15,944	121,872
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	16,149	123,260
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	16,338	124,462
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	16,514	125,247

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.

Mexico

1550–1812: Arroyo Abad, L. and J.L. van Zanden (2016), “Growth under Extractive Institutions? Latin American Per Capita GDP in Colonial Times” Journal of Economic History 76(4): 1182–1215.
1812–1870: Prados de la Escosura, L., (2009), ‘Lost decades? Economic performance in post-independence Latin America’, Journal of Latin America Studies, 41, pp. 279–307. (updated data)
1870-1895: Bértola, L., & Ocampo, J. A. (2012). The Economic Development of Latin America since Independence. Oxford University Press, Table A.2
1895–2003: Barro, R.J. and J.F. Ursua, (2008). “Macroeconomic Crises since 1870” Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Economic Studies Program, The Brookings Institution, vol. 39(1 (Spring), pages 255-350

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