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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Dominica	Central African Republic	Germany
Dec 31, 1999	70	3,889	81,439
Dec 31, 2000	71	3,980	81,474
Dec 31, 2001	71	4,054	81,534
Dec 31, 2002	72	4,128	81,595
Dec 31, 2003	72	4,215	81,566
Dec 31, 2004	72	4,289	81,473
Dec 31, 2005	72	4,363	81,354
Dec 31, 2006	72	4,449	81,190
Dec 31, 2007	72	4,544	81,009
Dec 31, 2008	73	4,641	80,781
Dec 31, 2009	73	4,742	80,500
Dec 31, 2010	73	4,845	80,301
Dec 31, 2011	73	4,950	80,292
Dec 31, 2012	73	5,057	80,443
Dec 31, 2013	73	5,167	80,663
Dec 31, 2014	73	5,278	81,000
Dec 31, 2015	74	5,392	81,704
Dec 31, 2016	74	5,507	82,366
Dec 31, 2017	74	5,625	82,674
Dec 31, 2018	74	5,745	82,923
Dec 31, 2019	75	5,874	83,110
Dec 31, 2020	75	6,025	83,178
Dec 31, 2021	76	6,154	83,213
Dec 31, 2022	76	6,291	83,811

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.

No separate list is published for Dominica, Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.