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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Cambodia	Germany	Puerto Rico
Dec 31, 1999	12,122	81,439	3,800
Dec 31, 2000	12,317	81,474	3,811
Dec 31, 2001	12,504	81,534	3,819
Dec 31, 2002	12,691	81,595	3,824
Dec 31, 2003	12,881	81,566	3,826
Dec 31, 2004	13,076	81,473	3,827
Dec 31, 2005	13,276	81,354	3,822
Dec 31, 2006	13,461	81,190	3,805
Dec 31, 2007	13,630	81,009	3,783
Dec 31, 2008	13,808	80,781	3,761
Dec 31, 2009	13,990	80,500	3,741
Dec 31, 2010	14,162	80,301	3,722
Dec 31, 2011	14,322	80,292	3,679
Dec 31, 2012	14,480	80,443	3,636
Dec 31, 2013	14,637	80,663	3,589
Dec 31, 2014	14,793	81,000	3,534
Dec 31, 2015	14,994	81,704	3,473
Dec 31, 2016	15,238	82,366	3,411
Dec 31, 2017	15,480	82,674	3,352
Dec 31, 2018	15,717	82,923	3,295
Dec 31, 2019	15,944	83,110	3,268
Dec 31, 2020	16,149	83,178	3,247
Dec 31, 2021	16,338	83,213	3,232
Dec 31, 2022	16,514	83,811	3,228

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 Cambodia, Puerto Rico; the database as a whole is cited above.