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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	North Macedonia	Germany	Guinea-Bissau
Dec 31, 1999	2,006	81,439	1,183
Dec 31, 2000	2,017	81,474	1,208
Dec 31, 2001	2,026	81,534	1,233
Dec 31, 2002	2,011	81,595	1,260
Dec 31, 2003	2,018	81,566	1,288
Dec 31, 2004	2,024	81,473	1,317
Dec 31, 2005	2,028	81,354	1,348
Dec 31, 2006	2,031	81,190	1,379
Dec 31, 2007	2,035	81,009	1,412
Dec 31, 2008	2,038	80,781	1,446
Dec 31, 2009	2,042	80,500	1,481
Dec 31, 2010	2,046	80,301	1,516
Dec 31, 2011	2,049	80,292	1,551
Dec 31, 2012	2,052	80,443	1,587
Dec 31, 2013	2,055	80,663	1,624
Dec 31, 2014	2,058	81,000	1,663
Dec 31, 2015	2,061	81,704	1,703
Dec 31, 2016	2,063	82,366	1,745
Dec 31, 2017	2,065	82,674	1,789
Dec 31, 2018	2,067	82,923	1,833
Dec 31, 2019	2,068	83,110	1,877
Dec 31, 2020	2,065	83,178	1,920
Dec 31, 2021	2,057	83,213	1,963
Dec 31, 2022	2,048	83,811	2,005

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.

No separate list is published for Guinea-Bissau; the database as a whole is cited above.