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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Germany	Serbia	Seychelles
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	7,611	78
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	7,587	79
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	7,574	80
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	7,570	81
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	7,551	82
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	7,533	83
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	7,510	84
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	7,481	85
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	7,451	86
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	7,419	87
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	7,389	87
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	7,360	88
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	7,304	89
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	7,269	90
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	7,234	91
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	7,199	92
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	7,162	92
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	7,124	93
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	7,087	94
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	7,048	95
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	7,010	96
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	6,964	97
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	6,898	98
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	6,833	98

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 Seychelles; the database as a whole is cited above.