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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Germany	Nicaragua
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	4,778
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	4,866
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	4,952
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	5,036
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	5,116
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	5,193
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	5,267
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	5,338
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	5,408
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	5,476
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	5,541
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	5,604
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	5,666
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	5,728
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	5,789
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	5,849
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	5,908
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	5,967
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	6,026
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	6,085
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	6,170
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	6,255
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	6,343
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	6,433

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 Nicaragua; the database as a whole is cited above.