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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 BarbadosIcelandGermanyMorocco
27327781,43928,400
27428181,47428,744
27528581,53429,094
27628881,59529,447
27828981,56629,806
27929381,47330,169
28029681,35430,552
28130481,19030,953
28231181,00931,354
28331980,78131,754
28531980,50032,154
28631880,30132,553
28731980,29232,951
28832180,44333,346
28932480,66333,737
29032781,00034,124
29133181,70434,511
29133582,36634,898
29234382,67435,279
29335382,92335,653
29436183,11036,018
29436683,17836,375
29537283,21336,723
29538083,81137,101

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

Iceland

  • 1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

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