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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date AustraliaGermanyBosnia & Herzegovina
18,69281,4393,811
18,90781,4743,901
19,15181,5343,919
19,37181,5953,923
19,59581,5663,940
19,80581,4733,975
20,04881,3543,991
20,32081,1903,993
20,69481,0093,990
21,11380,7813,987
21,55380,5003,985
21,89180,3013,983
22,19780,2923,980
22,58880,4433,977
22,98080,6633,973
23,32681,0003,968
23,66481,7043,963
24,03682,3663,957
24,44582,6743,951
24,82382,9233,944
25,20483,1103,937
25,52983,1783,929
25,57483,2133,921
25,82683,8113,876

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

Australia

  • 1820-1828: Butlin, N.G. 'Our 200 Years', Queesland Calendar, 1988
  • 1828-1860: N.G. Butlin, "Contours of the Australian Economy 1788-1860", Australian Economic Review, Sept. 1986, pp. 112-13;
  • 1861-1938/9: N.G. Butlin, Australian Domestic Product, Investment and Foreign Borrowing 1861-1938/9, Cambridge, 1962,pp.460-1; amdended as indicated in N.G. Butlin, Investment in Australian Economic Development 1861-19000, Cambridge, 1964, p. 453 and with revised deflator shown in M.W. Butlin, A Preliminary Annual Databae 1900/1901 to 1973/1974, Discussion Paper 7701, Reserve Bank of Australia, 1977, p. 41
  • 1938/9-1950: from expenditure aggregates in 1966/7 prices in M.W. Butlin, RS/FLW/, p.85.

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