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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Germany	Lithuania	Cameroon
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	3,419	15,483
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	3,395	15,913
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	3,367	16,354
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	3,340	16,815
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	3,313	17,289
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	3,276	17,764
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	3,223	18,249
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	3,172	18,746
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	3,134	19,278
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	3,102	19,843
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	3,068	20,419
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	3,004	21,002
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	2,937	21,586
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	2,898	22,181
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	2,869	22,800
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	2,844	23,513
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	2,818	24,273
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	2,782	24,995
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	2,744	25,680
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	2,718	26,373
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	2,710	27,114
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	2,711	27,878
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	2,724	28,663
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	2,748	29,417

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.

No separate list is published for Lithuania, Cameroon; the database as a whole is cited above.