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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Germany	Norway	Philippines
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	4,463	79,346
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	4,492	81,131
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	4,515	83,023
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	4,539	84,876
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	4,566	86,697
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	4,593	88,568
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	4,624	90,418
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	4,662	92,253
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	4,710	94,098
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	4,769	95,923
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	4,830	97,627
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	4,890	99,317
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	4,954	100,999
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	5,020	102,618
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	5,081	104,299
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	5,138	106,076
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	5,191	107,868
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	5,237	109,493
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	5,278	111,094
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	5,313	112,843
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	5,349	114,636
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	5,380	117,026
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	5,409	119,473
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	5,458	121,234

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.

Norway

1820–1930: Grytten, O.H. (2015). Norwegian gross domestic product by industry 1830 - 1930, Norges Bank Working paper 19/2015. Population from Maddison (2006)
1930-1950: Central Bureau of Statistics Norway, 1970 and Maddison, A. Monintoring the World Economy, 1995

Philippines

1820-1900: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1900-1950: R.W. Hooley, "Long Term Growth of the Philippine Economy, 1902-1961", , The Philippine Economic Journal, First Semester, 1968.