Skip to content
ChartBasis
Choose a language: English

Population, long-run history: compare countries

See Population, long-run history for up to four countries side by side.

Countries being compared

Add a country

Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date GermanyCongo - BrazzavilleOman
81,4392,8862,348
81,4742,9992,403
81,5343,1132,457
81,5953,1812,510
81,5663,2742,562
81,4733,4002,613
81,3543,5432,663
81,1903,7022,713
81,0093,8592,764
80,7813,9892,816
80,5004,1462,871
80,3014,3242,928
80,2924,4682,986
80,4434,5813,047
80,6634,6673,110
81,0004,7573,174
81,7044,8513,240
82,3664,9513,307
82,6745,0553,375
82,9235,1643,444
83,1105,2793,512
83,1785,4003,582
83,2135,5273,651
83,8115,6553,696

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.

All data sources

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 Congo - Brazzaville, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.