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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Germany	Tanzania	United States
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	32,912	279,040
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	33,953	282,162
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	34,974	284,969
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	36,021	287,625
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	37,100	290,108
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	38,167	292,805
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	39,262	295,517
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	40,387	298,380
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	41,557	301,231
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	42,741	304,094
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	43,889	306,772
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	45,132	309,327
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	46,531	311,583
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	47,965	313,878
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	49,437	316,060
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	50,965	318,386
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	52,604	320,739
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	54,336	323,072
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	56,062	325,122
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	57,765	326,838
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	59,465	328,330
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	61,191	331,512
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	62,944	332,032
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	64,835	333,288

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.

United States

1650 - 1790: McCusker, John J., ‘Colonial Statistics’, Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press. V-671.
1790 - 1870: Sutch, R. (2006). National Income and Product. Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press III-23-25.
1800-1830: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307. (updated data)
1820-1950: GDP movement from Maddison (1995a), amended for 1820–70 to include income of the indigenous population (taken to be $400 per capita in 1820 and 1870).

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