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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Seychelles	Sudan	Germany
Dec 31, 1999	78	26,168	81,439
Dec 31, 2000	79	26,771	81,474
Dec 31, 2001	80	27,387	81,534
Dec 31, 2002	81	28,017	81,595
Dec 31, 2003	82	28,662	81,566
Dec 31, 2004	83	29,321	81,473
Dec 31, 2005	84	29,996	81,354
Dec 31, 2006	85	30,686	81,190
Dec 31, 2007	86	31,393	81,009
Dec 31, 2008	87	32,137	80,781
Dec 31, 2009	87	33,078	80,500
Dec 31, 2010	88	33,891	80,301
Dec 31, 2011	89	34,568	80,292
Dec 31, 2012	90	35,293	80,443
Dec 31, 2013	91	36,093	80,663
Dec 31, 2014	92	37,058	81,000
Dec 31, 2015	92	38,165	81,704
Dec 31, 2016	93	39,294	82,366
Dec 31, 2017	94	40,512	82,674
Dec 31, 2018	95	41,764	82,923
Dec 31, 2019	96	42,952	83,110
Dec 31, 2020	97	44,121	83,178
Dec 31, 2021	98	45,290	83,213
Dec 31, 2022	98	46,498	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, Sudan; the database as a whole is cited above.