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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 GermanyCubaBosnia & Herzegovina
81,43911,1083,811
81,47411,1473,901
81,53411,1793,919
81,59511,2103,923
81,56611,2413,940
81,47311,2603,975
81,35411,2683,991
81,19011,2663,993
81,00911,2613,990
80,78111,2583,987
80,50011,2603,985
80,30111,2623,983
80,29211,2643,980
80,44311,2623,977
80,66311,2503,973
81,00011,2383,968
81,70411,2143,963
82,36611,1803,957
82,67411,1473,951
82,92311,1163,944
83,11011,1053,937
83,17811,0893,929
83,21311,0463,921
83,81111,0033,876

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.

Cuba

  • 1690–1895: Santamaria Garcia, A. (2005). Las Cuentas nacionales de Cuba, 1960 - 2005', mimeo
  • 1902–1958: Ward, M. and Devereux, J. (2012), “The Road Not Taken: Pre-Revolutionary Cuban Living Standards in Comparative Perspective” Journal of Economic History, 72(1): 104–132

Bosnia & Herzegovina

  • 1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project