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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Germany	Chad	Malawi
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	7,559	11,310
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	7,821	11,658
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	8,092	12,020
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	8,395	12,395
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	8,763	12,786
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	9,191	13,196
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	9,594	13,625
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	9,967	14,072
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	10,338	14,539
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	10,728	15,026
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	11,139	15,525
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	11,550	16,028
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	11,983	16,534
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	12,427	17,042
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	12,895	17,551
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	13,379	18,060
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	13,823	18,571
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	14,277	19,086
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	14,765	19,603
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	15,252	20,122
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	15,750	20,640
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	16,257	21,159
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	16,776	21,677
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	17,307	22,239

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.

Malawi

1904-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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