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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	North Macedonia	Germany	Bosnia & Herzegovina
Dec 31, 1999	2,006	81,439	3,811
Dec 31, 2000	2,017	81,474	3,901
Dec 31, 2001	2,026	81,534	3,919
Dec 31, 2002	2,011	81,595	3,923
Dec 31, 2003	2,018	81,566	3,940
Dec 31, 2004	2,024	81,473	3,975
Dec 31, 2005	2,028	81,354	3,991
Dec 31, 2006	2,031	81,190	3,993
Dec 31, 2007	2,035	81,009	3,990
Dec 31, 2008	2,038	80,781	3,987
Dec 31, 2009	2,042	80,500	3,985
Dec 31, 2010	2,046	80,301	3,983
Dec 31, 2011	2,049	80,292	3,980
Dec 31, 2012	2,052	80,443	3,977
Dec 31, 2013	2,055	80,663	3,973
Dec 31, 2014	2,058	81,000	3,968
Dec 31, 2015	2,061	81,704	3,963
Dec 31, 2016	2,063	82,366	3,957
Dec 31, 2017	2,065	82,674	3,951
Dec 31, 2018	2,067	82,923	3,944
Dec 31, 2019	2,068	83,110	3,937
Dec 31, 2020	2,065	83,178	3,929
Dec 31, 2021	2,057	83,213	3,921
Dec 31, 2022	2,048	83,811	3,876

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

North Macedonia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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.

Bosnia & Herzegovina

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project