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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 GermanyGuineaSeychelles
81,4397,61078
81,4747,78079
81,5347,82180
81,5957,90681
81,5668,12182
81,4738,31783
81,3548,47884
81,1908,65085
81,0098,86086
80,7819,09187
80,5009,32787
80,3019,57188
80,2929,82589
80,44310,08490
80,66310,35191
81,00010,63292
81,70410,92492
82,36611,22593
82,67411,53494
82,92311,85595
83,11012,16096
83,17812,46997
83,21312,77898
83,81113,08798

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 Guinea, Seychelles; the database as a whole is cited above.