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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Germany	Uganda	France
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	23,408	60,396
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	24,195	60,811
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	24,992	61,255
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	25,846	61,703
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	26,661	62,141
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	27,414	62,600
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	28,200	63,073
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	29,021	63,513
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	29,846	63,906
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	30,647	64,264
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	31,469	64,594
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	32,343	64,913
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	33,257	65,231
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	34,234	65,552
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	35,271	65,891
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	36,419	66,212
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	37,673	66,480
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	39,157	66,730
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	40,879	67,015
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	42,329	67,347
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	43,639	67,660
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	45,120	67,901
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	46,645	68,114
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	48,065	68,387

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.

France

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1276–1800: Ridolfi, L., & Nuvolari, A. (2021). L’histoire immobile? A reappraisal of French economic growth using the demand-side approach, 1280–1850. European Review of Economic History, 25(3), 405–428
1850-1913: Toutain, Le Produit interieur de la France de 1789 a 1982, Presses Universitaires de Grenoble, 1987
1920-1950: Toutain, Le Produit interieur de la France de 1789 a 1982, Presses Universitaires de Grenoble, 1987