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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Dominica	Germany	Mexico
Dec 31, 1999	70	81,439	97,242
Dec 31, 2000	71	81,474	98,403
Dec 31, 2001	71	81,534	99,599
Dec 31, 2002	72	81,595	100,863
Dec 31, 2003	72	81,566	102,132
Dec 31, 2004	72	81,473	103,334
Dec 31, 2005	72	81,354	104,508
Dec 31, 2006	72	81,190	105,738
Dec 31, 2007	72	81,009	107,083
Dec 31, 2008	73	80,781	108,554
Dec 31, 2009	73	80,500	110,061
Dec 31, 2010	73	80,301	111,468
Dec 31, 2011	73	80,292	112,826
Dec 31, 2012	73	80,443	114,163
Dec 31, 2013	73	80,663	115,471
Dec 31, 2014	73	81,000	116,757
Dec 31, 2015	74	81,704	118,017
Dec 31, 2016	74	82,366	117,444
Dec 31, 2017	74	82,674	118,799
Dec 31, 2018	74	82,923	120,289
Dec 31, 2019	75	83,110	121,872
Dec 31, 2020	75	83,178	123,260
Dec 31, 2021	76	83,213	124,462
Dec 31, 2022	76	83,811	125,247

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.

Mexico

1550–1812: Arroyo Abad, L. and J.L. van Zanden (2016), “Growth under Extractive Institutions? Latin American Per Capita GDP in Colonial Times” Journal of Economic History 76(4): 1182–1215.
1812–1870: Prados de la Escosura, L., (2009), ‘Lost decades? Economic performance in post-independence Latin America’, Journal of Latin America Studies, 41, pp. 279–307. (updated data)
1870-1895: Bértola, L., & Ocampo, J. A. (2012). The Economic Development of Latin America since Independence. Oxford University Press, Table A.2
1895–2003: Barro, R.J. and J.F. Ursua, (2008). “Macroeconomic Crises since 1870” Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Economic Studies Program, The Brookings Institution, vol. 39(1 (Spring), pages 255-350

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