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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Germany	Serbia	Afghanistan
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	7,611	22,206
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	7,587	22,461
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	7,574	22,507
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	7,570	23,600
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	7,551	25,005
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	7,533	25,698
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	7,510	26,335
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	7,481	27,154
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	7,451	27,387
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	7,419	27,706
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	7,389	28,484
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	7,360	29,121
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	7,304	29,758
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	7,269	30,420
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	7,234	31,108
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	7,199	31,823
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	7,162	32,564
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	7,124	33,332
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	7,087	34,125
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	7,048	34,941
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	7,010	35,972
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	6,964	37,034
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	6,898	38,127
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	6,833	39,252

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.

Serbia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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