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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 GermanyMoroccoIceland
81,43928,400277
81,47428,744281
81,53429,094285
81,59529,447288
81,56629,806289
81,47330,169293
81,35430,552296
81,19030,953304
81,00931,354311
80,78131,754319
80,50032,154319
80,30132,553318
80,29232,951319
80,44333,346321
80,66333,737324
81,00034,124327
81,70434,511331
82,36634,898335
82,67435,279343
82,92335,653353
83,11036,018361
83,17836,375366
83,21336,723372
83,81137,101380

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.

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 Morocco; the database as a whole is cited above.