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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Germany	Lithuania	Madagascar
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	3,419	15,259
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	3,395	15,707
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	3,367	16,162
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	3,340	16,631
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	3,313	17,114
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	3,276	17,610
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	3,223	18,120
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	3,172	18,641
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	3,134	19,173
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	3,102	19,717
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	3,068	20,272
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	3,004	20,837
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	2,937	21,413
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	2,898	21,999
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	2,869	22,593
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	2,844	23,196
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	2,818	23,806
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	2,782	24,423
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	2,744	25,044
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	2,718	25,671
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	2,710	26,302
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	2,711	26,936
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	2,724	27,573
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	2,748	28,237

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, Madagascar; the database as a whole is cited above.