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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Germany	Uganda	Bosnia & Herzegovina
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	23,408	3,811
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	24,195	3,901
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	24,992	3,919
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	25,846	3,923
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	26,661	3,940
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	27,414	3,975
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	28,200	3,991
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	29,021	3,993
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	29,846	3,990
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	30,647	3,987
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	31,469	3,985
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	32,343	3,983
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	33,257	3,980
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	34,234	3,977
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	35,271	3,973
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	36,419	3,968
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	37,673	3,963
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	39,157	3,957
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	40,879	3,951
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	42,329	3,944
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	43,639	3,937
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	45,120	3,929
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	46,645	3,921
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	48,065	3,876

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.

Uganda

1906-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

Bosnia & Herzegovina

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project