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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 GermanyIcelandOmanArmenia
81,4392772,3482,970
81,4742812,4032,966
81,5342852,4572,965
81,5952882,5102,962
81,5662892,5622,955
81,4732932,6132,953
81,3542962,6632,951
81,1903042,7132,948
81,0093112,7642,946
80,7813192,8162,943
80,5003192,8712,941
80,3013182,9282,939
80,2923192,9862,937
80,4433213,0472,934
80,6633243,1102,932
81,0003273,1742,928
81,7043313,2402,924
82,3663353,3072,919
82,6743433,3752,913
82,9233533,4442,907
83,1103613,5122,899
83,1783663,5822,891
83,2133723,6512,881
83,8113803,6962,871

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.

No separate list is published for Oman, Armenia; the database as a whole is cited above.