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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Germany	Serbia	Latvia
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	7,611	2,386
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	7,587	2,363
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	7,574	2,333
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	7,570	2,306
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	7,551	2,284
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	7,533	2,259
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	7,510	2,235
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	7,481	2,215
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	7,451	2,197
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	7,419	2,174
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	7,389	2,138
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	7,360	2,093
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	7,304	2,055
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	7,269	2,030
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	7,234	2,009
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	7,199	1,991
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	7,162	1,974
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	7,124	1,956
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	7,087	1,938
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	7,048	1,923
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	7,010	1,910
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	6,964	1,897
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	6,898	1,880
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	6,833	1,883

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 Latvia; the database as a whole is cited above.