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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	Puerto Rico	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	3,800	433
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	3,811	438
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	3,819	443
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	3,824	448
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	3,826	454
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	3,827	460
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	3,822	467
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	3,805	474
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	3,783	482
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	3,761	491
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	3,741	500
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	3,722	509
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	3,679	521
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	3,636	533
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	3,589	547
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	3,534	560
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	3,473	571
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	3,411	586
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	3,352	599
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	3,295	610
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	3,268	623
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	3,247	633
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	3,232	643
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	3,228	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 Puerto Rico, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.