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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 GermanyCape VerdeBarbados
81,439422273
81,474430274
81,534438275
81,595447276
81,566455278
81,473463279
81,354471280
81,190478281
81,009486282
80,781494283
80,500501285
80,301509286
80,292516287
80,443524288
80,663531289
81,000539290
81,704546291
82,366553291
82,674562292
82,923568293
83,110574294
83,178580294
83,213585295
83,811590295

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 Cape Verde, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.