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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	Puerto Rico	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Germany
Dec 31, 1999	3,800	3,811	81,439
Dec 31, 2000	3,811	3,901	81,474
Dec 31, 2001	3,819	3,919	81,534
Dec 31, 2002	3,824	3,923	81,595
Dec 31, 2003	3,826	3,940	81,566
Dec 31, 2004	3,827	3,975	81,473
Dec 31, 2005	3,822	3,991	81,354
Dec 31, 2006	3,805	3,993	81,190
Dec 31, 2007	3,783	3,990	81,009
Dec 31, 2008	3,761	3,987	80,781
Dec 31, 2009	3,741	3,985	80,500
Dec 31, 2010	3,722	3,983	80,301
Dec 31, 2011	3,679	3,980	80,292
Dec 31, 2012	3,636	3,977	80,443
Dec 31, 2013	3,589	3,973	80,663
Dec 31, 2014	3,534	3,968	81,000
Dec 31, 2015	3,473	3,963	81,704
Dec 31, 2016	3,411	3,957	82,366
Dec 31, 2017	3,352	3,951	82,674
Dec 31, 2018	3,295	3,944	82,923
Dec 31, 2019	3,268	3,937	83,110
Dec 31, 2020	3,247	3,929	83,178
Dec 31, 2021	3,232	3,921	83,213
Dec 31, 2022	3,228	3,876	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.

All data sources

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

Bosnia & Herzegovina

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