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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	Luxembourg	Namibia
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	433	1,841
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	438	1,893
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	443	1,945
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	448	1,981
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	454	2,008
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	460	2,034
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	467	2,060
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	474	2,086
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	482	2,113
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	491	2,141
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	500	2,170
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	509	2,201
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	521	2,232
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	533	2,268
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	547	2,312
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	560	2,360
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	571	2,408
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	586	2,456
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	599	2,505
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	610	2,554
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	623	2,602
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	633	2,651
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	643	2,700
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	651	2,739

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 Luxembourg, Namibia; the database as a whole is cited above.