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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 GermanyMoroccoSt. Lucia
81,43928,400152
81,47428,744153
81,53429,094154
81,59529,447155
81,56629,806156
81,47330,169157
81,35430,552157
81,19030,953158
81,00931,354159
80,78131,754160
80,50032,154160
80,30132,553161
80,29232,951162
80,44333,346162
80,66333,737163
81,00034,124163
81,70434,511164
82,36634,898164
82,67435,279165
82,92335,653166
83,11036,018166
83,17836,375167
83,21336,723167
83,81137,101167

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 Morocco, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.