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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Germany	Moldova	Trinidad & Tobago
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	4,244	1,301
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	4,199	1,303
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	4,154	1,308
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	4,108	1,314
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	4,059	1,320
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	4,013	1,326
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	3,966	1,332
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	3,919	1,338
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	3,873	1,344
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	3,829	1,352
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	3,788	1,359
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	3,748	1,365
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	3,709	1,372
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	3,671	1,379
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	3,633	1,386
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	3,595	1,392
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	3,558	1,399
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	3,522	1,405
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	3,485	1,411
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	3,448	1,436
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	3,412	1,452
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	3,376	1,448
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	3,339	1,450
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	3,570	1,456

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 Moldova, Trinidad & Tobago; the database as a whole is cited above.