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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 GermanySaudi ArabiaCyprus
81,43919,964818
81,47420,426826
81,53420,956835
81,59521,549845
81,56622,189855
81,47322,850867
81,35423,516879
81,19024,178894
81,00924,841913
80,78125,518937
80,50026,227962
80,30127,068988
80,29227,8101,013
80,44328,5161,029
80,66329,2201,026
81,00029,9361,015
81,70430,6461,009
82,36631,3601,014
82,67432,1841,023
82,92332,8691,036
83,11033,6611,050
83,17834,5421,062
83,21333,6511,072
83,81134,0811,087

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.

Saudi Arabia

  • 1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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