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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 GermanyLithuaniaCyprus
81,4393,419818
81,4743,395826
81,5343,367835
81,5953,340845
81,5663,313855
81,4733,276867
81,3543,223879
81,1903,172894
81,0093,134913
80,7813,102937
80,5003,068962
80,3013,004988
80,2922,9371,013
80,4432,8981,029
80,6632,8691,026
81,0002,8441,015
81,7042,8181,009
82,3662,7821,014
82,6742,7441,023
82,9232,7181,036
83,1102,7101,050
83,1782,7111,062
83,2132,7241,072
83,8112,7481,087

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 Lithuania, Cyprus; the database as a whole is cited above.