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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	Mauritania	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	2,437	433
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	2,501	438
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	2,566	443
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	2,632	448
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	2,699	454
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	2,768	460
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	2,838	467
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	2,909	474
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	2,981	482
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	3,055	491
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	3,129	500
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	3,205	509
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	3,282	521
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	3,359	533
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	3,438	547
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	3,517	560
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	3,597	571
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	3,677	586
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	3,759	599
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	3,840	610
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	3,942	623
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	4,045	633
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	4,150	643
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	4,259	651

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