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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 GermanyLaosSeychelles
81,4395,28678
81,4745,39779
81,5345,49980
81,5955,57881
81,5665,65482
81,4735,74683
81,3545,83684
81,1905,93185
81,0096,03586
80,7816,14587
80,5006,25787
80,3016,36888
80,2926,47789
80,4436,58690
80,6636,69591
81,0006,80492
81,7046,91292
82,3667,01993
82,6747,12794
82,9237,23495
83,1107,34396
83,1787,45297
83,2137,56098
83,8117,66698

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