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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BarbadosAzerbaijanOmanGermany
2738,0562,34881,439
2748,1272,40381,474
2758,1942,45781,534
2768,2572,51081,595
2788,3192,56281,566
2798,3912,61381,473
2808,4752,66381,354
2818,5652,71381,190
2828,6572,76481,009
2838,7502,81680,781
2858,8422,87180,500
2868,9332,92880,301
2879,0252,98680,292
2889,1173,04780,443
2899,2103,11080,663
2909,3023,17481,000
2919,3933,24081,704
2919,4813,30782,366
2929,5673,37582,674
2939,6493,44482,923
2949,7273,51283,110
2949,8023,58283,178
2959,8743,65183,213
2959,9183,69683,811

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.

All data sources

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 Barbados, Azerbaijan, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.