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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	Lebanon
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	7,611	3,460
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	7,587	3,499
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	7,574	3,554
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	7,570	3,610
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	7,551	3,665
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	7,533	3,721
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	7,510	3,777
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	7,481	3,853
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	7,451	3,954
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	7,419	4,036
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	7,389	4,082
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	7,360	4,097
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	7,304	4,115
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	7,269	4,206
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	7,234	4,696
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	7,199	5,365
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	7,162	5,640
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	7,124	5,688
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	7,087	5,680
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	7,048	5,562
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	7,010	5,331
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	6,964	4,986
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	6,898	4,802
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	6,833	4,713

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

Lebanon

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828