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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Germany	Zimbabwe
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	11,985
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	12,104
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	12,208
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	12,281
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	12,318
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	12,336
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	12,329
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	12,394
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	12,494
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	12,568
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	12,666
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	12,782
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	12,907
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	13,036
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	13,169
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	13,314
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	13,479
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	13,665
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	13,870
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	14,097
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	14,345
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	14,615
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	14,900
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	15,205

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.

Zimbabwe

1914-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.