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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 GermanyMauritius
81,4391,173
81,4741,186
81,5341,199
81,5951,211
81,5661,222
81,4731,233
81,3541,243
81,1901,253
81,0091,261
80,7811,269
80,5001,276
80,3011,282
80,2921,286
80,4431,288
80,6631,291
81,0001,294
81,7041,296
82,3661,298
82,6741,300
82,9231,302
83,1101,304
83,1781,305
83,2131,307
83,8111,307

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 Mauritius; the database as a whole is cited above.