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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 GermanyKenyaDjibouti
81,43930,192646
81,47431,025669
81,53431,919693
81,59532,865716
81,56633,846691
81,47334,880657
81,35435,961666
81,19037,093679
81,00938,248694
80,78139,441709
80,50040,668725
80,30141,900741
80,29243,198757
80,44344,470774
80,66345,639792
81,00046,808810
81,70447,983828
82,36649,095847
82,67450,201865
82,92351,357884
83,11052,522898
83,17853,691912
83,21354,867924
83,81155,924937

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.

Kenya

  • 1904-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

No separate list is published for Djibouti; the database as a whole is cited above.