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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 GermanyBangladesh
81,439132,907
81,474135,207
81,534137,420
81,595139,573
81,566141,650
81,473143,644
81,354145,546
81,190147,376
81,009149,047
80,781150,562
80,500152,189
80,301153,927
80,292155,634
80,443157,326
80,663158,999
81,000160,650
81,704162,273
82,366163,938
82,674165,655
82,923167,358
83,110169,045
83,178170,709
83,213172,354
83,811174,217

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.

Bangladesh

  • 1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995