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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 GermanyBurkina FasoBosnia & Herzegovina
81,43911,0753,811
81,47411,4053,901
81,53411,8283,919
81,59512,3803,923
81,56612,8293,940
81,47313,1783,975
81,35413,5403,991
81,19013,9173,993
81,00914,3093,990
80,78114,7223,987
80,50015,1523,985
80,30115,6003,983
80,29216,0643,980
80,44316,5633,977
80,66317,0723,973
81,00017,5753,968
81,70418,0943,963
82,36618,6213,957
82,67419,1573,951
82,92319,6983,944
83,11020,2423,937
83,17820,7883,929
83,21321,3363,921
83,81121,8893,876

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 Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.