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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 GermanyOmanUgandaMalta
81,4392,34823,408387
81,4742,40324,195390
81,5342,45724,992393
81,5952,51025,846396
81,5662,56226,661398
81,4732,61327,414401
81,3542,66328,200404
81,1902,71329,021405
81,0092,76429,846406
80,7812,81630,647409
80,5002,87131,469412
80,3012,92832,343414
80,2922,98633,257416
80,4433,04734,234420
80,6633,11035,271426
81,0003,17436,419435
81,7043,24037,673445
82,3663,30739,157455
82,6743,37540,879468
82,9233,44442,329485
83,1103,51243,639504
83,1783,58245,120516
83,2133,65146,645518
83,8113,69648,065530

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.

Uganda

  • 1906-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

No separate list is published for Oman, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.