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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BarbadosParaguayGermany
2735,36681,439
2745,47381,474
2755,57981,534
2765,68381,595
2785,78681,566
2795,88681,473
2805,98481,354
2816,08081,190
2826,17381,009
2836,26480,781
2856,35280,500
2866,43880,301
2876,52280,292
2886,60580,443
2896,68880,663
2906,76981,000
2916,85081,704
2916,93082,366
2927,01282,674
2937,09582,923
2947,17983,110
2947,26383,178
2957,34883,213
2957,43283,811

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.

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