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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date GermanyIcelandAustriaNorth Macedonia
81,4392778,0392,006
81,4742818,0592,017
81,5342858,0902,026
81,5952888,1302,011
81,5662898,1662,018
81,4732938,2172,024
81,3542968,2742,028
81,1903048,3172,031
81,0093118,3442,035
80,7813198,3702,038
80,5003198,3902,042
80,3013188,4102,046
80,2923198,4382,049
80,4433218,4762,052
80,6633248,5272,055
81,0003278,5942,058
81,7043318,6802,061
82,3663358,7912,063
82,6743438,8472,065
82,9233538,8902,067
83,1103618,9302,068
83,1783668,9692,065
83,2133729,0042,057
83,8113809,1072,048

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.

All data sources

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.

Iceland

  • 1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

Austria

  • 1830-1913: Kausel, "Oster-reichs Volkseinkommen 1830 bis 1913" in Geschichte und Ergebnisse der zentralen amtlichen Statistik in Österreich 1829-1979, Beitrage zur österreichischen Statistik, Heft 550, Vienna, 1979, pp. 692-3.
  • 1913-50: A. Kausel, N. Nemeth, and H. Seidel, "Oster-reichs Volkseinkommen, 1913-63", Monatsberichte des Osterreichischen Institutes für Wirtschaftsforschung, 14th Sonderheft, Vienna, August 1965, p. 38 and 42;

North Macedonia

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