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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 Burkina FasoOmanGermanyBarbados
11,0752,34881,439273
11,4052,40381,474274
11,8282,45781,534275
12,3802,51081,595276
12,8292,56281,566278
13,1782,61381,473279
13,5402,66381,354280
13,9172,71381,190281
14,3092,76481,009282
14,7222,81680,781283
15,1522,87180,500285
15,6002,92880,301286
16,0642,98680,292287
16,5633,04780,443288
17,0723,11080,663289
17,5753,17481,000290
18,0943,24081,704291
18,6213,30782,366291
19,1573,37582,674292
19,6983,44482,923293
20,2423,51283,110294
20,7883,58283,178294
21,3363,65183,213295
21,8893,69683,811295

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