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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 & HerzegovinaThailand
81,4393,81159,748
81,4743,90160,165
81,5343,91960,746
81,5953,92361,323
81,5663,94061,884
81,4733,97562,425
81,3543,99162,956
81,1903,99363,467
81,0093,99063,937
80,7813,98764,381
80,5003,98564,804
80,3013,98365,208
80,2923,98065,599
80,4433,97765,970
80,6633,97366,332
81,0003,96866,673
81,7043,96366,975
82,3663,95767,250
82,6743,95167,506
82,9233,94467,750
83,1103,93767,975
83,1783,92968,180
83,2133,92168,366
83,8113,87668,457

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

Thailand

  • 1820-1900: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
  • 1900-50: Sompop Manarungsan, "Economic Development of Thailand, 1850-1950", University of Groningen, Ph. D. thesis, 1989