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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Germany	Sweden	Turkmenistan
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	8,858	4,324
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	8,872	4,385
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	8,896	4,444
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	8,925	4,502
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	8,958	4,556
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	8,994	4,608
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	9,030	4,664
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	9,081	4,719
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	9,148	4,773
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	9,220	4,828
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	9,299	4,884
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	9,378	4,940
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	9,449	4,996
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	9,519	5,053
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	9,600	5,110
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	9,696	5,169
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	9,799	5,227
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	9,923	5,287
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	10,058	5,346
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	10,175	5,405
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	10,279	5,464
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	10,354	5,522
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	10,416	5,579
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	10,487	5,657

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.

Sweden

1300–1560: Krantz, O. (2017) “Swedish GDP 1300-1560 A Tentative Estimate” Lund Papers in Economic History: General Issues; No. 152.
1560–1950: Schön, L., and O. Krantz (2015) “New Swedish Historical National Accounts since the 16th Century in Constant and Current Prices” Lund Papers in Economic History no. 140

No separate list is published for Turkmenistan; the database as a whole is cited above.