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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 BarbadosGermanyPhilippinesLuxembourg
27381,43979,346433
27481,47481,131438
27581,53483,023443
27681,59584,876448
27881,56686,697454
27981,47388,568460
28081,35490,418467
28181,19092,253474
28281,00994,098482
28380,78195,923491
28580,50097,627500
28680,30199,317509
28780,292100,999521
28880,443102,618533
28980,663104,299547
29081,000106,076560
29181,704107,868571
29182,366109,493586
29282,674111,094599
29382,923112,843610
29483,110114,636623
29483,178117,026633
29583,213119,473643
29583,811121,234651

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.

Philippines

  • 1820-1900: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
  • 1900-1950: R.W. Hooley, "Long Term Growth of the Philippine Economy, 1902-1961", , The Philippine Economic Journal, First Semester, 1968.

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