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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 GermanyAlbaniaRomaniaHaiti
81,4393,08522,4148,121
81,4743,06522,2628,279
81,5343,04722,1068,430
81,5953,03821,9318,580
81,5663,02621,8288,739
81,4733,01421,7048,900
81,3542,99821,5719,061
81,1902,97921,4439,216
81,0092,95721,1299,364
80,7812,93420,7799,508
80,5002,91520,6079,652
80,3012,90020,4859,553
80,2922,89220,3859,670
80,4432,88820,2969,793
80,6632,88220,2249,922
81,0002,87620,15110,047
81,7042,86820,05510,254
82,3662,86319,93810,486
82,6742,86119,82310,647
82,9232,85419,71310,788
83,1102,84219,62210,933
83,1782,82519,49611,077
83,2132,79919,35111,215
83,8112,78719,26611,349

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.

Romania

  • 1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
  • 1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

No separate list is published for Albania, Haiti; the database as a whole is cited above.