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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 GermanyRomaniaCyprus
81,43922,414818
81,47422,262826
81,53422,106835
81,59521,931845
81,56621,828855
81,47321,704867
81,35421,571879
81,19021,443894
81,00921,129913
80,78120,779937
80,50020,607962
80,30120,485988
80,29220,3851,013
80,44320,2961,029
80,66320,2241,026
81,00020,1511,015
81,70420,0551,009
82,36619,9381,014
82,67419,8231,023
82,92319,7131,036
83,11019,6221,050
83,17819,4961,062
83,21319,3511,072
83,81119,2661,087

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.

Romania

  • 1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
  • 1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

No separate list is published for Cyprus; the database as a whole is cited above.