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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 & HerzegovinaYemen
81,4393,81116,728
81,4743,90117,236
81,5343,91917,762
81,5953,92318,310
81,5663,94018,855
81,4733,97519,410
81,3543,99120,000
81,1903,99320,611
81,0093,99021,236
80,7813,98721,878
80,5003,98522,533
80,3013,98323,195
80,2923,98023,880
80,4433,97724,594
80,6633,97325,311
81,0003,96826,020
81,7043,96326,698
82,3663,95727,347
82,6743,95127,985
82,9233,94428,608
83,1103,93729,216
83,1783,92929,811
83,2133,92130,399
83,8113,87631,058

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

No separate list is published for Yemen; the database as a whole is cited above.