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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 BarbadosCyprusOmanGermany
2738182,34881,439
2748262,40381,474
2758352,45781,534
2768452,51081,595
2788552,56281,566
2798672,61381,473
2808792,66381,354
2818942,71381,190
2829132,76481,009
2839372,81680,781
2859622,87180,500
2869882,92880,301
2871,0132,98680,292
2881,0293,04780,443
2891,0263,11080,663
2901,0153,17481,000
2911,0093,24081,704
2911,0143,30782,366
2921,0233,37582,674
2931,0363,44482,923
2941,0503,51283,110
2941,0623,58283,178
2951,0723,65183,213
2951,0873,69683,811

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