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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 FasoBarbados
81,43911,075273
81,47411,405274
81,53411,828275
81,59512,380276
81,56612,829278
81,47313,178279
81,35413,540280
81,19013,917281
81,00914,309282
80,78114,722283
80,50015,152285
80,30115,600286
80,29216,064287
80,44316,563288
80,66317,072289
81,00017,575290
81,70418,094291
82,36618,621291
82,67419,157292
82,92319,698293
83,11020,242294
83,17820,788294
83,21321,336295
83,81121,889295

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