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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	Liberia
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	2,741
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	2,847
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	2,917
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	2,978
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	2,983
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	3,005
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	3,138
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	3,311
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	3,469
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	3,603
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	3,708
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	3,817
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	3,984
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	4,141
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	4,244
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	4,348
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	4,460
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	4,576
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	4,689
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	4,810
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	4,904
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	5,005
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	5,109
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	5,216

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.

Liberia

1845-1950: Gardner, L. (2022). Sovereignty without Power: Liberia in the Age of Empires, 1822-1980. Cambridge University Press.