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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 BarbadosQatarGermany
27362781,439
27465981,474
27569181,534
27672481,595
27875781,566
27985081,473
2801,00181,354
2811,15381,190
2821,30681,009
2831,46080,781
2851,61580,500
2861,77080,301
2871,90480,292
2882,01080,443
2892,10380,663
2902,18781,000
2912,26181,704
2912,32682,366
2922,38482,674
2932,43582,923
2942,48083,110
2942,51983,178
2952,55383,213
2952,55983,811

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