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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 GermanyBangladeshLuxembourg
81,439132,907433
81,474135,207438
81,534137,420443
81,595139,573448
81,566141,650454
81,473143,644460
81,354145,546467
81,190147,376474
81,009149,047482
80,781150,562491
80,500152,189500
80,301153,927509
80,292155,634521
80,443157,326533
80,663158,999547
81,000160,650560
81,704162,273571
82,366163,938586
82,674165,655599
82,923167,358610
83,110169,045623
83,178170,709633
83,213172,354643
83,811174,217651

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

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