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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date GermanyOmanMoldovaBarbados
81,4392,3484,244273
81,4742,4034,199274
81,5342,4574,154275
81,5952,5104,108276
81,5662,5624,059278
81,4732,6134,013279
81,3542,6633,966280
81,1902,7133,919281
81,0092,7643,873282
80,7812,8163,829283
80,5002,8713,788285
80,3012,9283,748286
80,2922,9863,709287
80,4433,0473,671288
80,6633,1103,633289
81,0003,1743,595290
81,7043,2403,558291
82,3663,3073,522291
82,6743,3753,485292
82,9233,4443,448293
83,1103,5123,412294
83,1783,5823,376294
83,2133,6513,339295
83,8113,6963,570295

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.

All data sources

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 Oman, Moldova, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.