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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 GermanyBarbadosEl Salvador
81,4392735,767
81,4742745,825
81,5342755,856
81,5952765,869
81,5662785,880
81,4732795,888
81,3542805,899
81,1902815,906
81,0092825,911
80,7812835,934
80,5002855,954
80,3012865,967
80,2922875,984
80,4432886,033
80,6632896,121
81,0002906,179
81,7042916,205
82,3662916,248
82,6742926,304
82,9232936,368
83,1102946,372
83,1782946,385
83,2132956,407
83,8112956,429

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.

No separate list is published for Barbados, El Salvador; the database as a whole is cited above.