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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 BarbadosChadOmanGermany
2737,5592,34881,439
2747,8212,40381,474
2758,0922,45781,534
2768,3952,51081,595
2788,7632,56281,566
2799,1912,61381,473
2809,5942,66381,354
2819,9672,71381,190
28210,3382,76481,009
28310,7282,81680,781
28511,1392,87180,500
28611,5502,92880,301
28711,9832,98680,292
28812,4273,04780,443
28912,8953,11080,663
29013,3793,17481,000
29113,8233,24081,704
29114,2773,30782,366
29214,7653,37582,674
29315,2523,44482,923
29415,7503,51283,110
29416,2573,58283,178
29516,7763,65183,213
29517,3073,69683,811

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, Chad, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.