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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Germany	Nigeria	Sierra Leone
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	121,649	3,736
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	125,014	3,809
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	128,513	4,043
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	132,165	4,287
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	135,971	4,466
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	139,900	4,602
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	143,914	4,708
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	148,019	4,818
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	152,195	4,918
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	156,434	5,023
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	160,751	5,132
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	165,142	5,246
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	169,607	5,364
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	174,142	5,486
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	178,737	5,613
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	183,362	5,744
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	187,979	5,879
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	192,594	6,019
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	197,417	6,163
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	202,498	6,312
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	207,699	6,461
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	213,021	6,611
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	218,473	6,761
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	223,735	6,910

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.

Nigeria

1885-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

No separate list is published for Sierra Leone; the database as a whole is cited above.