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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 BarbadosGermanyOmanChad
27381,4392,3487,559
27481,4742,4037,821
27581,5342,4578,092
27681,5952,5108,395
27881,5662,5628,763
27981,4732,6139,191
28081,3542,6639,594
28181,1902,7139,967
28281,0092,76410,338
28380,7812,81610,728
28580,5002,87111,139
28680,3012,92811,550
28780,2922,98611,983
28880,4433,04712,427
28980,6633,11012,895
29081,0003,17413,379
29181,7043,24013,823
29182,3663,30714,277
29282,6743,37514,765
29382,9233,44415,252
29483,1103,51215,750
29483,1783,58216,257
29583,2133,65116,776
29583,8113,69617,307

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