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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 BarbadosHondurasRomaniaGermany
2736,19822,41481,439
2746,36722,26281,474
2756,53522,10681,534
2766,69821,93181,595
2786,86321,82881,566
2797,02821,70481,473
2807,19421,57181,354
2817,35921,44381,190
2827,52221,12981,009
2837,68220,77980,781
2857,83920,60780,500
2867,99120,48580,301
2878,14120,38580,292
2888,28820,29680,443
2898,42920,22480,663
2908,54620,15181,000
2918,66120,05581,704
2918,77019,93882,366
2928,87819,82382,674
2939,00219,71382,923
2949,15419,62283,110
2949,30419,49683,178
2959,44819,35183,213
2959,59019,26683,811

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

Romania

  • 1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
  • 1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

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, Honduras; the database as a whole is cited above.