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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	Seychelles	Albania	Germany
Dec 31, 1999	78	3,085	81,439
Dec 31, 2000	79	3,065	81,474
Dec 31, 2001	80	3,047	81,534
Dec 31, 2002	81	3,038	81,595
Dec 31, 2003	82	3,026	81,566
Dec 31, 2004	83	3,014	81,473
Dec 31, 2005	84	2,998	81,354
Dec 31, 2006	85	2,979	81,190
Dec 31, 2007	86	2,957	81,009
Dec 31, 2008	87	2,934	80,781
Dec 31, 2009	87	2,915	80,500
Dec 31, 2010	88	2,900	80,301
Dec 31, 2011	89	2,892	80,292
Dec 31, 2012	90	2,888	80,443
Dec 31, 2013	91	2,882	80,663
Dec 31, 2014	92	2,876	81,000
Dec 31, 2015	92	2,868	81,704
Dec 31, 2016	93	2,863	82,366
Dec 31, 2017	94	2,861	82,674
Dec 31, 2018	95	2,854	82,923
Dec 31, 2019	96	2,842	83,110
Dec 31, 2020	97	2,825	83,178
Dec 31, 2021	98	2,799	83,213
Dec 31, 2022	98	2,787	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.

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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 Seychelles, Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.