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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 BarbadosSenegalBurkina FasoGermany
27310,07011,07581,439
27410,30511,40581,474
27510,57611,82881,534
27610,86412,38081,595
27811,17212,82981,566
27911,49813,17881,473
28011,83913,54081,354
28112,20413,91781,190
28212,58414,30981,009
28312,97814,72280,781
28513,38215,15280,500
28613,79415,60080,301
28714,22616,06480,292
28814,66816,56380,443
28915,12117,07280,663
29015,58917,57581,000
29116,06618,09481,704
29116,54918,62182,366
29217,04419,15782,674
29317,53519,69882,923
29418,02120,24283,110
29418,51820,78883,178
29519,01621,33683,213
29519,51221,88983,811

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

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, Senegal, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.