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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 GermanyKenyaLuxembourg
81,43930,192433
81,47431,025438
81,53431,919443
81,59532,865448
81,56633,846454
81,47334,880460
81,35435,961467
81,19037,093474
81,00938,248482
80,78139,441491
80,50040,668500
80,30141,900509
80,29243,198521
80,44344,470533
80,66345,639547
81,00046,808560
81,70447,983571
82,36649,095586
82,67450,201599
82,92351,357610
83,11052,522623
83,17853,691633
83,21354,867643
83,81155,924651

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 Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.