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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Germany	Serbia	Mauritania
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	7,611	2,437
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	7,587	2,501
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	7,574	2,566
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	7,570	2,632
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	7,551	2,699
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	7,533	2,768
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	7,510	2,838
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	7,481	2,909
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	7,451	2,981
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	7,419	3,055
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	7,389	3,129
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	7,360	3,205
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	7,304	3,282
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	7,269	3,359
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	7,234	3,438
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	7,199	3,517
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	7,162	3,597
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	7,124	3,677
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	7,087	3,759
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	7,048	3,840
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	7,010	3,942
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	6,964	4,045
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	6,898	4,150
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	6,833	4,259

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 Mauritania; the database as a whole is cited above.