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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 BarbadosGermanyOmanChile
27381,4392,34815,140
27481,4742,40315,340
27581,5342,45715,513
27681,5952,51015,686
27881,5662,56215,859
27981,4732,61316,029
28081,3542,66316,222
28181,1902,71316,364
28281,0092,76416,536
28380,7812,81616,700
28580,5002,87116,864
28680,3012,92816,999
28780,2922,98617,189
28880,4433,04717,378
28980,6633,11017,545
29081,0003,17417,720
29181,7043,24017,904
29182,3663,30718,099
29282,6743,37518,350
29382,9233,44418,681
29483,1103,51219,035
29483,1783,58219,385
29583,2133,65119,604
29583,8113,69619,715

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.

Chile

  • 1810–2004: Díaz, J.B. Lüders, R. and Wagner, G. (2007) Economia Chilena 1810 - 2000, Producto total y sectorial una nueva mirada, Pontificia universidad Catolica de Chile, Insituto de Economia, Documeno de Trabajo no. 315

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