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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 GermanyBosnia & Herzegovina
81,4393,811
81,4743,901
81,5343,919
81,5953,923
81,5663,940
81,4733,975
81,3543,991
81,1903,993
81,0093,990
80,7813,987
80,5003,985
80,3013,983
80,2923,980
80,4433,977
80,6633,973
81,0003,968
81,7043,963
82,3663,957
82,6743,951
82,9233,944
83,1103,937
83,1783,929
83,2133,921
83,8113,876

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.

Bosnia & Herzegovina

  • 1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project