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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 GermanyFinlandBosnia & Herzegovina
81,4395,1663,811
81,4745,1763,901
81,5345,1883,919
81,5955,2013,923
81,5665,2133,940
81,4735,2283,975
81,3545,2463,991
81,1905,2663,993
81,0095,2893,990
80,7815,3133,987
80,5005,3393,985
80,3015,3633,983
80,2925,3883,980
80,4435,4143,977
80,6635,4393,973
81,0005,4633,968
81,7045,4813,963
82,3665,4953,957
82,6745,5083,951
82,9235,5163,944
83,1105,5223,937
83,1785,5313,929
83,2135,5423,921
83,8115,5563,876

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.

Finland

  • 1600–1860: Eloranta, J., Voutilainen, M. and Nummela, I. (2016). “Estimating Finnish Economic Growth Before 1860” mimeo.
  • 1860-1960: R. Hjerppe, The Finnish Economy 1860-1985: Growth and Structural Change, Bank of Finland, Helsinki, 1989, pp. 198-200.

Bosnia & Herzegovina

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