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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 BarbadosGermanyOmanBosnia & Herzegovina
27381,4392,3483,811
27481,4742,4033,901
27581,5342,4573,919
27681,5952,5103,923
27881,5662,5623,940
27981,4732,6133,975
28081,3542,6633,991
28181,1902,7133,993
28281,0092,7643,990
28380,7812,8163,987
28580,5002,8713,985
28680,3012,9283,983
28780,2922,9863,980
28880,4433,0473,977
28980,6633,1103,973
29081,0003,1743,968
29181,7043,2403,963
29182,3663,3073,957
29282,6743,3753,951
29382,9233,4443,944
29483,1103,5123,937
29483,1783,5823,929
29583,2133,6513,921
29583,8113,6963,876

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.

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.

Bosnia & Herzegovina

  • 1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

No separate list is published for Barbados, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.