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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	Serbia	Cyprus
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	7,611	818
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	7,587	826
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	7,574	835
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	7,570	845
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	7,551	855
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	7,533	867
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	7,510	879
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	7,481	894
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	7,451	913
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	7,419	937
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	7,389	962
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	7,360	988
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	7,304	1,013
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	7,269	1,029
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	7,234	1,026
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	7,199	1,015
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	7,162	1,009
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	7,124	1,014
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	7,087	1,023
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	7,048	1,036
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	7,010	1,050
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	6,964	1,062
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	6,898	1,072
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	6,833	1,087

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 Cyprus; the database as a whole is cited above.