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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	Zimbabwe	Germany
Dec 31, 1999	11,985	81,439
Dec 31, 2000	12,104	81,474
Dec 31, 2001	12,208	81,534
Dec 31, 2002	12,281	81,595
Dec 31, 2003	12,318	81,566
Dec 31, 2004	12,336	81,473
Dec 31, 2005	12,329	81,354
Dec 31, 2006	12,394	81,190
Dec 31, 2007	12,494	81,009
Dec 31, 2008	12,568	80,781
Dec 31, 2009	12,666	80,500
Dec 31, 2010	12,782	80,301
Dec 31, 2011	12,907	80,292
Dec 31, 2012	13,036	80,443
Dec 31, 2013	13,169	80,663
Dec 31, 2014	13,314	81,000
Dec 31, 2015	13,479	81,704
Dec 31, 2016	13,665	82,366
Dec 31, 2017	13,870	82,674
Dec 31, 2018	14,097	82,923
Dec 31, 2019	14,345	83,110
Dec 31, 2020	14,615	83,178
Dec 31, 2021	14,900	83,213
Dec 31, 2022	15,205	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

Zimbabwe

1914-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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.