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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 GermanyFinlandTrinidad & Tobago
81,4395,1661,301
81,4745,1761,303
81,5345,1881,308
81,5955,2011,314
81,5665,2131,320
81,4735,2281,326
81,3545,2461,332
81,1905,2661,338
81,0095,2891,344
80,7815,3131,352
80,5005,3391,359
80,3015,3631,365
80,2925,3881,372
80,4435,4141,379
80,6635,4391,386
81,0005,4631,392
81,7045,4811,399
82,3665,4951,405
82,6745,5081,411
82,9235,5161,436
83,1105,5221,452
83,1785,5311,448
83,2135,5421,450
83,8115,5561,456

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.

No separate list is published for Trinidad & Tobago; the database as a whole is cited above.