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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

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

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

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